Electrical Harness Installation

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1 Electrical Harness Installation Page 1 Overview Conventions What's New? Getting Started Entering the Workbench Setting Up the Options Creating a Bundle Segment Document Creating Construction Points Defining the Segment Parameters Defining the Segment Route Adding a Branch Point User Tasks Entering the Workbench Creating a Geometrical Bundle Creating a Bundle Segment Document Creating Construction Constraints Defining the Segment Parameters Defining the Segment Route Constraints Routing the Bundle Segment from Construction Points Following a Part using the Manipulator Following a Part From an Existing Helix Sharp Bending Bundle Segment... Creating all the Bundle Segments in a Single Part Creating Other Segments Removing a Branch Point Branching External Bundle Segments Using Branchable Bundle Segments in V5R12 Onwards Creating Branch Points Adding Branch Points Removing Branch Points Detailing the Routing Options Routing Bundle Segments in Support Adding Support Removing Support Connecting/Disconnecting Bundle Segments Connecting a Bundle Segment... Disconnecting... Splitting a Bundle Segment

2 Instantiating a Protection Exiting the Installation Workbench Adding Local Slack Working with 3D Tolerancing Creating Adaptative Part Mechanical Modeler Integration V4/V5 Electrical Data Migration Electrical Integration Scenarios Electrical Integration from External Data Environment Settings Setting up the Electrical Process Interfacing Selecting Systems from External Data Placing Devices from External Data Creating the Cable Harness Placing Internal Splices Automatic Routing Exporting Data from CATIA Electrical Integration from Functional Data Editing Electrical Properties Viewing Related Objects Electrical and Knowledge Electrical User Functions Electrical Package in Knowledge Expert Electrical Application Interoperability ENOVIA LCA Interoperability Working with Electrical Data Optimal CATIA PLM Usability Using ENOVIA Catalog for Electrical Mapping Loading an ixf Document with VPM Nav Workbench Description Menu Bar Toolbars Electrical Workbench Specification Tree Customizing Electrical Harness Installation Part Infrastructure Compatibility Methodology Protection of Given Length Methodology Creating a Protection of Given Length Instantiating a Protection of Given Length Flat Cable Methodology Defining a Specific Support for Flat Cable Creating the Line and Placing the Supports Creating the Flat Cable Creating the Bundle Segments Creating the Square Shape Extracting and Flattening the Cable Page 2

3 Glossary Index Page 3

4 Overview Page 4 Welcome to the Electrical Harness Installation User's Guide! This guide is intended for users who need to become quickly familiar with the product. This overview provides the following information: Electrical Harness Installation in a Nutshell Before Reading this Guide Getting the Most Out of this Guide Accessing Sample Documents Conventions Used in this Guide Electrical Harness Installation in a Nutshell Electrical Harness Installation is a product dedicated to the design of physical harnesses within the context of the 3D mock-up. Users benefit from electrical designs totally integrated into the mechanical assembly. This product provides a set of objects including both mechanical and electrical properties. Electrical Harness Installation offers the following main functions: the bundle segment creation in Product documents (Electrical Harness Assembly workbench) the geometrical bundle creation the bundle segments properties definition the creation of electrical links between bundle segments and devices an algorithm simulating the bundle segment shape and offering realistic bundle segment representations. the use of supports to constraint bundle segments. Thanks to the integration with mechanical assemblies, electrical harnesses can be connected either to mechanical parts, or to electrical devices. Electrical Harness Installation enables users to reuse catalogs of electrical devices. As a scalable product, Electrical Harness Installation can be used in cooperation with other current or future companion products such as Electrical Wire Routing, Electrical Library, Electrical Harness Flattening and Electrical System Functional Definition. Before Reading this Guide

5 Page 5 Before reading this guide, you should be familiar with basic Version 5 concepts such as document windows, standard and view toolbars. Therefore, we recommend that you read the Infrastructure User's Guide that describes generic capabilities common to all Version 5 products. It also describes the general layout of V5 and the interoperability between workbenches. You may also like to read the following complementary product guides, for which the appropriate license is required: Electrical Wire Routing, Electrical Library Electrical System Functional Definition Electrical Harness Flattening. Getting the Most Out of this Guide To get the most out of this guide, we suggest that you start reading and performing the step-by-step Getting Started tutorial. This tutorial will show you how to route wires in an electrical bundle. Once you have finished, you should move on to the User Tasks section, which deals with handling all the product functions. The Workbench Description section, which describes the Electrical Wire Routing workbench, and the Customizing section, which explains how to set up the options, will also certainly prove useful. Navigating in the Split View mode is recommended. This mode offers a framed layout allowing direct access from the table of contents to the information. Accessing Sample Documents To perform the scenarios, sample documents are provided all along this documentation. For more information about this, refer to Accessing Sample Documents in the Infrastructure User's Guide. Conventions Used in this Guide To learn more about the conventions used in the documentation, refer to the Conventions section.

6 Conventions Page 6 Certain conventions are used in CATIA, ENOVIA & DELMIA documentation to help you recognize and understand important concepts and specifications. Graphic Conventions The three categories of graphic conventions used are as follows: Graphic conventions structuring the tasks Graphic conventions indicating the configuration required Graphic conventions used in the table of contents Graphic Conventions Structuring the Tasks Graphic conventions structuring the tasks are denoted as follows: This icon... Identifies... estimated time to accomplish a task a target of a task the prerequisites the start of the scenario a tip a warning information basic concepts methodology reference information information regarding settings, customization, etc. the end of a task functionalities that are new or enhanced with this Release. allows you to switch back the full-window viewing mode. Graphic Conventions Indicating the Configuration Required Graphic conventions indicating the configuration required are denoted as follows:

7 Page 7 This icon... Indicates functions that are... specific to the P1 configuration specific to the P2 configuration specific to the P3 configuration Graphic Conventions Used in the Table of Contents Graphic conventions used in the table of contents are denoted as follows: This icon... Gives access to... Site Map Split View mode What's New? Overview Getting Started Basic Tasks User Tasks or the Advanced Tasks Workbench Description Customizing Reference Methodology Glossary Index Text Conventions The following text conventions are used: The titles of CATIA, ENOVIA and DELMIA documents appear in this manner throughout the text. File -> New identifies the commands to be used. Enhancements are identified by a blue-colored background on the text. How to Use the Mouse The use of the mouse differs according to the type of action you need to perform.

8 Use this mouse button... Whenever you read... Page 8 Select (menus, commands, geometry in graphics area,...) Click (icons, dialog box buttons, tabs, selection of a location in the document window,...) Double-click Shift-click Ctrl-click Check (check boxes) Drag Drag and drop (icons onto objects, objects onto objects) Drag Move Right-click (to select contextual menu)

9 What's New? Page 9 This table identifies what new or improved capabilities have been documented in Version 5 Release 13 of the Electrical Harness Installation User's Guide. Other information, even if it does not rely on new functionalities, has been added to the documentation: Using ENOVIA Catalog for Electrical Mapping Loading an ixf Document with VPM Nav New Functionalities ENOVIA - CATIA Interoperability Proposes a simple scenario using VPM Navigator. Enhanced Functionalities Tape length formula Gives an accurate result. V4/V5 electrical migration The migration batch has been modified. User interface improvements The points selected for routing the bundle segments now display a label. The slack, locally ignored or added to bundle segments also displays labels. Electrical and Knowledge A user function and attributes on electrical objects have been added. Customizing Settings V4/V5 electrical migration A dedicated option allows you to choose how to migrate the V4 BNSs.

10 Getting Started Page 10 Before getting into detailed instructions for using Electrical Harness Installation, the following tutorial provides a step-by-step scenario demonstrating how to use key functionalities. Before starting this scenario, you should be familiar with the basic commands common to all workbenches. These are described in the Infrastructure User's Guide. The main tasks proposed in this section are: Entering the Workbench Setting Up the Options Creating a Bundle Segment Document Creating Construction Points Defining the Segment Parameters Defining the Segment Route Adding a Branch Point All together, these tasks should take about 15 minutes to complete.

11 Entering the Workbench Page 11 This task explains how to set up the environment to work with Electrical Harness workbench. CATIA is launched. A CATProduct document is displayed. 1. Choose the Electrical Harness Assembly item from the Start -> Equipments & Systems menu. The Electrical Harness Assembly workbench is displayed and ready to use.

12 Setting Up the Options Page 12 This task explains how to set up the options before creating the bundle segment. 1. Select the Tools -> Options command. The Options dialog box displays. 2. Choose the Equipment & Systems category in the left-hand box. 3. Click the Electrical Harness Installation workbench. The Harness Management tab displays. 4. Check the following option: Work with one multi-branchable per geometrical bundle For more information, refer to Customizing for Electrical Harness Installation 5. Click OK to validate.

13 Creating a Bundle Segment Document Page 13 This task explains how to create the document in which the bundle segments will take place. The bundle segment belongs to a product document with electrical properties. Open the DemoGS.CATProduct document. 1. Click the Multi-Branchable Bundle Segment button. It is available in the Bundle Segment sub-toolbar. The multi-branchable bundle segment document is created. The Electrical Harness Assembly workbench automatically switches to the Electrical Harness Installation workbench. The bundle segment document is created under the active product.

14 Creating Construction Points Page 14 This task shows how to define the point which will be used when routing the bundle segment. Make sure the following option is checked to take advantage of the associativity between the construction points and the bundle segment. Open the Tools -> Options menu. Choose the Infrastructure -> Part Infrastructure item. In the External References frame of the General tab, check the Keep link with selected object option. 1. Click the Point button. The Point Definition dialog box opens: 2. Enter the following coordinates for the purpose of this scenario: 80mm for X -20mm for Y 0mm for Z. 3. Click OK to validate.

15 Page 15 The point is added to the specification tree. It looks like this: This point will be used to build the Flexible Curve geometrical representation. Any point that has been created in any other workbench can also be used this way.

16 Defining the Segment Parameters Page 16 This task shows you how to define the bundle segment parameters. 1. Click the Branchable Bundle Segment Definition button. The dialog box opens: 2. Enter the diameter value. In this scenario, enter 3 mm in the Diameter field. The Section is automatically computed. As an alternative, you can enter the Section and the Diameter will be computed. A message warns you that the bend radius must be at least equal to the Diameter value to ensure the correct bundle segment route computation. 3. The Bend Radius is the minimum bend radius allowed for the bundle segment. Enter 7mm for the Bend Radius for example. 4. Select the build mode: Choose Slack for Mode and add 10% of slack in the Slack(%) field.

17 Page 17 Three different modes are available. With the Length mode, you enter the length of the bundle segment as an input. Note that the Slack field is then grayed out. With the Slack mode, you enter a slack percentage of your choice in order to add slack to the minimum possible length. Note that the Length field is then grayed out. With the Bend mode, the system compute the minimum length possible respecting the bundle segment. 5. Keep this dialog box open and see the next task.

18 Defining the Segment Route Page 18 This task shows you how to define the bundle segment route to create the Flexible Curve geometrical representation. The Bundle Segment Definition dialog box is still open from the previous task. 1. Click the Route Definition button. It enables you to relate the objects the will be used to route the bundle segments. Points, connectors, back shells and supports can be related. The Bundle Segment Route Definition dialog box opens: 2. Click successively in the geometry: CATIA finds the closest construction point according to the selection point. the connector A1: Note that you could reverse the tangent by clicking the red arrow. the point previously created to define the bundle segment route: Point1

19 the connector A2: the tangent is automatically created. Page 19 The Flexible Curve is edited: 3. Click OK to validate. The Bundle Segment Route Definition dialog box closes and the Bundle Segment Definition is displayed afresh.

20 Page 20 Note that OK and Apply are now activated. 4. Click OK to validate the bundle segment definition. The result looks like this:

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22 Adding a Branch Point Page 22 This task explains how to create a branch point to connect another bundle segment. The document is still open from the previous task. 1. Click the Add Branch Point button. You are prompted to select a bundle segment. 2. Select the bundle segment. The dialog box displays with a pre-selected reference point, allowing you to place the branch point on the curve: 3. Optionally, click Other Extremity to change the reference point to the bundle segment other extremity. 4. Click Length to define the distance to the reference object and enter 60mm for example. 5. Click OK to validate. A second bundle segment has been created at the branch point under the branchable bundle segment. The result looks like this:

23 Page You can now create another bundle segment to be connected to the branch point: To do so: Click the Branchable Bundle Segment Definition button again. Click the Route Definition button. Click successively in the geometry the connector A3 and the branch point previously created. Click Apply. The result looks like this:

24 Page 24 This function also allows you to manage the attributes (diameter, color, etc.) of each bundle segment. Refer to Creating Other Segments.

25 User Tasks Page 25 The User Tasks section explains and illustrates how to create various kinds of features. The table below lists the information you will find: Entering the Workbench Creating a Geometrical Bundle Creating a Bundle Segment Document Creating all the Bundle Segments in a Single Part Using Branchable Bundle Segments in V5R12 Onwards Creating Branch Points Detailing the Routing Options Routing Bundle Segments in Support Connecting/Disconnecting Bundle Segments Splitting a Bundle Segment Instantiating a Protection Exiting the Installation Workbench Adding Local Slack Working with 3D Tolerancing Creating Adaptative Part Mechanical Modeler Integration V4/V5 Electrical Data Migration Electrical Integration Scenarios Editing Electrical Properties Viewing Related Objects Electrical and Knowledge

26 Entering the Workbench Page 26 This task explains how to set up the environment to work with the Electrical Harness workbench. CATIA is launched. A CATProduct document is displayed. 1. Choose the Electrical Harness Assembly item from the Start -> Equipments & Systems menu. The Electrical Harness Assembly workbench is displayed and ready to use. The Electrical Harness workbench is made up of two parts: the first one, Electrical Harness Assembly lets you create/handle the Product documents that will contain the geometrical bundles and/or the bundle segments the second then, Electrical Harness Installation allows you to define the bundle segments in Part documents. You can add the Electrical Harness workbench to your Favorites, using the Tools -> Customize item. For more information, refer to CATIA V5 - Infrastructure User's Guide.

27 Creating a Geometrical Bundle Page 27 This task shows how to create a geometrical bundle. A geometrical bundle is the representation of an assembly of wires grouped together with a common covering and connected to electrical connectors. Make sure the design mode is activated otherwise a warning is displayed: Click Yes. It corresponds to the following settings in the Tools -> Options... menu item: Select the Infrastructure -> Product Structure -> Cache Management tab. In the Cache Activation, the Work with cache system option is not checked. As a consequence, in the Product Visualization tab, the Visualization Mode Type is set to None. Open the ElectricalHarnessInstallation.CATProduct document. It contains devices to be connected within a geometrical bundle.

28 Page Click the Geometrical Bundle button. You are prompted to select the product you want to become the geometrical bundle. 2. Select the product of interest: Product1 The geometrical bundle is created, with electrical capabilities. In the specification tree, the name has been modified as well as the icon. The Tools -> Options menu lets you define if the bundle segments belong or not to a geometrical bundle. Refer to the Electrical Harness Installation Options. Only the following can be selected to become a geometrical bundle: a product which is not already electrified a product which doesn't result from the New Part command a product which doesn't result from the New Component command (inline product).

29 Creating a Bundle Segment Document Page 29 This task explains how to create the document in which the bundle segment will take place. The bundle segment belongs to a part document with electrical properties. To create and route a bundle segment, you need to: define the construction constraints define the bundle segment parameters then define the bundle segment route. The document now contains a geometrical bundle. 1. Double-click to activate the desired product: Geometrical Bundle1 2. Click the Bundle Segment button.

30 Page 30 The bundle segment document is created with the BundleSegment1 product including: the Bundle Segment1 part that becomes active the Flexible Curve.1 belonging to the part, which at that time, does not have any geometrical representation The Electrical Harness Assembly workbench switches to the Electrical Harness Installation workbench. The bundle segment is created under the active product. A bundle segment can only belong to the following types of products: a product which has no electrical properties/behavior except for a geometrical bundle a product which doesn't result from the New Part command a product which doesn't result from the New Component command (inline product).

31 Creating Construction Constraints Page 31 This task shows how to define the construction constraints which will be used when routing the bundle segment to build the Flexible Curve geometrical representation. They can be: points part body (follow on part). The construction points or parts can also be located in another part of the assembly. Make sure the following option is checked to take advantage of the associativity between the construction points or part body and the bundle segment. 1. Open the Tools -> Options menu. 2. Choose the Mechanical Design -> Part Design item. 3. In the External References frame of the General tab, check the Keep link with selected object option. Defining Construction Points 1. Click the Point button. The Point Definition dialog box opens:

32 2. Select Coordinates as Point Type: Page 32 The different types of points are: Coordinates On curve On plane On surface Circle center Tangent on curve Between. To know more about these options, refer to Creating Points. 3. Enter the respective coordinates for x, y, z. 4. Click OK to validate. The point is added to the specification tree. It looks like this: Defining Other Construction Constraints on a Part: Open the FollowOnPart1.CATProduct document. You cannot route branchable bundle segments on part using this method. Refer to the other method.

33 Page Double-click the part to activate Electrical Harness Installation. 2. Click the Point button. 3. Choose On surface as Point Type using the combo. 4. Select the surface where the point is to be created. 5. Optionally, select a reference point. 6. You can select an element to take its orientation as reference direction or a plane to take its normal as reference direction. You can also use the contextual menu to specify the X, Y, Z components of the reference direction. 7. Enter a distance along the reference direction to display a point. 8. Click OK to create the point. The point (identified as Point.x) is added to the specification tree. 9. Repeat these steps for the other two points. For more information refer to Creating Points. At the end the document looks like this:

34 Page 34 The construction constraints can be any structure elements (i.e. a plane structure).

35 Defining the Segment Parameters Page 35 This task shows you how to define the bundle segment parameters. The bundle segment to be defined is activated in the specification tree. You have switched to the Electrical Harness Installation workbench (Part context). 1. Click the Bundle Segment Definition button. The dialog box opens: 2. Enter a value in the Diameter field. The Section is automatically computed. As an alternative, you can enter the Section, the Diameter will be computed. A message warns you that the bend radius must be at least equal to the Diameter value to insure the correct bundle segment route computation. 3. Enter a value for the Bend Radius. The Bend Radius is the minimum bend radius allowed for the bundle segment. As an alternative, you can select the Bend Radius Ratio option and set the ratio: the Bend Radius is automatically computed. 4. Select the Mode: for example Slack and give a percentage of slack.

36 Page 36 The different options are: Slack: the bundle segment length is increased by the percentage indicated in the Slack(%) field. The Length field is disabled. Length: the bundle segment length is indicated in the Length field. The Slack(%) field is disabled. Bend: the bundle segment length corresponds to the minimum distance between the points defining its route. The Slack(%) and Length fields are disabled. At this stage, the bundle segment parameters are defined. You now need to route the bundle segment to be able to complete the definition: through this operation, you will create the geometrical representation of the Flexible Curve. Note that OK and Apply are deactivated. 5. See the next task which explains how to route the bundle segment according to the geometrical constraints. The Bend Radius value must be at least equal to the Diameter value to ensure the correct bundle segment route computation. When you create a bundle segment on a part (keeping associativity between the bundle segment and the surface): the Bundle Segment on Surface option is activated and lets you change the side on which the bundle segment will be created. To do so, click the Reverse button. the bend radius and the build mode parameters (Mode, Slack(%) and Length) are not taken into account. These parameters are disabled. the local slack management is not taken into account either. This command is disabled. When you create a bundle segment on a part surface, the slack management either is not taken into account.

37 Defining the Segment Route Constraints Page 37 This section explains the different ways you can route a bundle segment: using points, devices and supports following a part/surface (first method using a manipulator) following a part (second method keeping associativity with the part) from an existing helix Refer to Detailing the routing options... to know all about the More >> button. In case of computation error, see Sharp bending bundle segment computation error. The Tools -> Options menu lets you define if the bundle segments belong or not to a geometrical bundle. Refer to the Electrical Harness Installation Options. Also make sure the following option is checked to take advantage of the associativity between the construction points or part body and the bundle segment. Open the Tools -> Options menu. Choose the Infrastructure -> Part Infrastructure item. In the External References frame of the General tab, check the Keep link with selected object option.

38 Routing the Bundle Segment Page 38 This section explains how to define the bundle segment route creating the Flexible Curve representation. See also Getting Information from the Specification Tree Icons Open the NewRouting.CATProduct document. Preliminary steps: Double-click to activate the geometrical bundle. Create the bundle segment: more information Define the bundle segment parameters: more information 1. Click the Route Definition button. The Bundle Segment Route Definition dialog box opens: 2. Click successively: CATIA finds the closest bundle connection point or section on supports, according to the selection point.

39 Page 39 a. a connector on the left equipment - you can reverse the tangent using the red arrow. b. the multi-support c. the four points defined along the part d. the other support (adaptative clamp) e. a connector on the right equipment The Flexible Curve spline is displayed: See more information about the Options. 3. Click OK to validate.

40 The Bundle Segment Route Definition dialog box closes and the Bundle Segment Definition is displayed afresh. Page 40 Note that OK and Apply are now activated. 4. Click OK to validate the bundle segment definition. The bundle segment is created Note that two objects turned to red, which indicates that they need to be updated: They are adaptative parts. See Creating Adaptative Part. 5. Double-click the root product: the geometry is updated. Note: if the Automatic update is not activated in the Tools -> Options... you need to click the Update button.

41 Page 41 You can take advantage of the Related Objects viewer to focus on an object and see how it was constructed via its related objects. The related objects command identifies the parent, any children or connected objects and the relationship between objects. Getting Information from the Specification Tree Icons Each time you click the Apply or OK button during the definition phase, or if you update the bundle segment after any parameter modification, the following algorithm is launched to compute the best possible shape. Depending on the result, the specification tree is updated according to the following chart: Note that working in Cache mode, the bundle segment does not display the icon.

42 Routing the Bundle Segment Using an Heterogeneous Context Page 42 This functionality allows you to route bundle segments (branchable or normal ones) on surfaces. It is possible to route a bundle segment onto different surfaces preserving the bundle segment's bend radius definition. Since you are routing the bundle segment on a surface, the associativity is not maintained. The Bundle segment on surface option is not available with this function. But you can change the side on which the bundle segment will be created on the surface using the Shift key. It is possible to add or remove construction points or tangents instantly using the corresponding buttons. See Detailing the options. This command also works in visualization mode so you do not need to load the context in design mode. Open a new product document. Select the Insert -> Existing Component... item, and choose the FreeEdges1.CATPart document. The path to this sample is:.../online/cfysa_c2/samples/freeedges1.catpart.

43 Page Change the Product1 document into a geometrical bundle using the corresponding button. 2. Click the Branchable Bundle Segment button. The Electrical Harness Assembly workbench switches to the Electrical Harness Installation workbench. The Bundle Segment Definition dialog box opens. Enter the value of your choice for the different parameters. 3. Click the Route Definition button. The Bundle Segment Route Definition dialog box opens: 4. Pressing the Ctrl key displays a manipulator as well as the tangent representation. This manipulator follows the surface when you move its position. It shows a point pre-positioned perpendicularly to the surface, with a distance to this surface equal to: the bundle segment radius in Automatic mode, the specified value in Manual mode, the bundle segment radius increased with the safety margin value in Automatic with safety margin.

44 Page 44 a. Click successively where you want to define the flexible curve. b. Releasing the Ctrl key ends the flexible curve definition.

45 Page You can modify the route by adding, replacing or removing points as well as modifying the tangent direction. 6. Click OK to validate. The Bundle Segment Route Definition dialog box closes. The Bundle Segment Definition dialog box is displayed afresh. 7. Click OK to validate the bundle segment definition. The result looks like this:

46 Page Optional - Clicking the More >> button lets you access to specific options: The Offset management at creation. The default value is set to Automatic offset: the flexible curve follows the surface with an offset equal to the bend radius value. You can change to Manual offset if you want to define the route at a selected point with a different offset. For example: a. You have started to draw the curve with the automatic offset, using the Ctrl key. You want to change the route. So release the Ctrl key and get access to the Bundle Segment Route Definition dialog box. b. Click the Manual option and change the value if necessary. c. Press the Ctrl key again to follow the route definition. Note: You can change the mode for only one point or more. If you come back then to the automatic offset, the result will look like this:

47 Page 47 Release the Ctrl key to end the route definition. d. Click OK to validate the route definition. 9. Click OK to validate the bundle segment definition. The result looks like this: In Automatic mode, the bundle segment will keep in contact with the surface when the bundle segment is modified. The bundle segment will not keep in contact with the surface if the surface is modified.

48 Routing the Bundle Segment Following a Part Page 48 The FollowOnPart.CATProduct document is open. The construction constraints have been defined. The Bundle Segment Definition dialog box is still open from the previous task. The bundle segment route is associated to the part. As a consequence, if the part is modified, the bundle segment is updated. It is possible to add, remove or modify construction points or tangents instantly using the corresponding buttons. When you create a bundle segment on a part, the Bundle Segment on Surface option is activated and lets you change the side on which the bundle segment will be created. To do so, click the Reverse button. the Bend radius and the Build mode parameters (Mode, Slack % and Length) are not taken into account. the local slack management is not taken into account either. This command is disabled. You cannot route branchable bundle segments on part using this scenario. Refer to the other method. 1. Click the Route Definition button. The Bundle Segment Route Definition dialog box opens: 2. Click successively Point.1, Point.2, Point.3 to define the flexible curve. 3. Check the Geometry on support box, and select the face on which the points have been defined (Surface.1).

49 Page Click OK to validate. The Bundle Segment Route Definition dialog box closes. The Bundle Segment Definition dialog box is displayed afresh. Note: At that time, you can use the Reverse button to create the bundle segment on the other side of the surface. 5. Click OK to validate the bundle segment definition.

50 Page 50 Note: Two extra points have been created: they are the bundle segment extremities (Point.6 and Point.7).

51 Routing the Bundle Segment on an Existing Helix Page 51 Open the HelixBundleSegment.CATProduct. 1. Select the helix in the geometry or the specification tree. 2. Click the Bundle Segment button. The bundle segment is added to the specification tree: the Flexible Curve is created.

52 Page 52 CATIA switches to the Electrical Harness Installation workbench (Part). 3. Click the Bundle Segment Definition button. The Bundle Segment Definition dialog box opens: you can only change the name, diameter or section. 4. Click OK to validate the bundle segment definition.

53 Page 53 The result looks like this: The bundle segment route is associated to the part. As a consequence, if the part is modified, the bundle segment is updated. This functionality also works on line, curve, spline and spiral.

54 Sharp Bending Bundle Segment... Page 54 You are routing a bundle segment and the construction constraints lead to a sharp bending bundle segment. When the bundle segment creation is impossible because it would induce a violation of the minimum bend radius rule, a message warns you that a computation error occurred, showing the construction constraints causing the error. Nevertheless if you validate the bundle segment creation using these construction constraints, the Flexible Curve icon is modified in the specification tree to show that it is invalid: You can then modify the bundle segment parameters or the construction constraints.

55 Creating all the Bundle Segments in a Single CATPart Page 55 This task explains how to create all the bundle segments of a geometrical bundle in a single CATPart. A dedicated option allows the user to choose this working method. However to take advantage of ENOVIA configuration management, this option needs to be unchecked if you want to manage the effectivity at a more detailed granularity level: the branchable bundle segment. This new object is named multi-branchable bundle segment. When created, you can edit a multi-branchable bundle segment or one of its components. The multi-branchable bundle segment is a new data modeling. It aims at creating the harness in a single part, reducing the size of the documents, the number of contextual links and consequently the update time. Moreover, as all the branchable bundle segments are created in a single document, deleting one does not require deleting any document in the file system or in ENOVIA data base. The tree structure is the following: Editing and modifying a branchable bundle segment created in the previous release versions, convert it into a multi-branchable bundle segment. At creation, the multi-branchable bundle segment contains the one part with only one branch (Branchable1) and one bundle segment (bundle segment1). The geometry will be created under this part in the different bodies. The branchable bundle segment is a set of bundle segments that share the same centerline. The bundle segment belongs to the part document and has electrical properties. According to the dedicated option value and to the selected object, you will create or edit a multi-branchable, a branchable or a bundle segment:

56 Page 56 if the dedicated option is checked (or not) and no multi-branchable exists, the command creates a new document (Multi- Branchable1). if the dedicated option is checked and one multi-branchable exists, the command edits the document and no new document will be created. if the dedicated option is not checked and the geometrical bundle is activated, the command creates a new document (Multi- Branchable n). if the dedicated option is checked (or not), at least one multi-branchable exists with a branchable already defined, and if nothing is selected in the geometry, the command creates a new branchable (Branchable n). if the dedicated option is checked (or not), at least one multi-branchable exists with a branchable but no route has been defined, and if nothing is selected in the geometry, the command edits the branchable (Branchable1). Dedicated commands have been created to add and remove branch points although it is still possible to access them through the Segment Definition dialog box. Creating a New Multi-Branchable Bundle Segment Open the Multi-Branchable document: it contains a geometrical bundle and two connectors. Check the Bundle Segment Creation dedicated option is enabled, that is to say Work with one multi-branchable per geometrical bundle is checked. 1. Double-click to activate the desired product: GeometricalBundle1 2. Click the Multi-Branchable button. The Electrical Harness Assembly workbench switches to the Electrical Harness Installation workbench. The Bundle Segment Definition dialog box opens: The bundle segment document Multi-Branchable is created including, by default:

57 Page 57 the Part document that becomes active: Multi-Branchable the Flexible Curve - created in the ElecRouteBody - belonging to the part, which, at that time, does not have any geometrical representation the Branchable1 with the Bundle Segment1, which, at that time, does not have any geometrical representation. If the multi-branchable bundle segment has several bundle segments, the diameter field will be grayed out. Use the Segment Definition button to manage the individual diameter. 3. Enter a value in the Diameter field. The Section is automatically computed. As an alternative, you can enter the Section, the Diameter will be computed. A message warns you that the bend radius must be at least equal to the Diameter value to insure the correct bundle segment route computation. 4. Enter a value for the Bend Radius. The Bend Radius is the minimum bend radius allowed for the whole bundle segment. As an alternative, you can select the Bend Radius Ratio option and set the ratio: the Bend Radius is automatically computed. 5. Select the Mode: Slack for example and give a percentage of slack. The different options are the following: Slack: the bundle segment length is increased by the percentage indicated in the Slack(%) field. The Length field is disabled. Length: the bundle segment length is indicated in the Length field. The Slack(%) field is disabled. Bend: the bundle segment length corresponds to the minimum distance between the points defining its route. The Slack(%) and Length fields are disabled. At this stage, the bundle segment parameters are defined. Now you need to route the bundle segment to be able to complete the definition: through this operation, you will create the geometrical representation of the Flexible Curve. Note that OK and Apply are deactivated. 6. Click the Route Definition button. The Bundle Segment Route Definition dialog box opens:

58 Page Click successively: a. the connector on the left - you can reverse the tangent using the red arrow. b. the connector on the right. CATIA finds the closest bundle connection point or section on supports, according to the selection point. Note that when you select the points used to route the bundle segment, annotations display. The selected point is highlighted. You can also define more options using the More >> button: see Detailing the options

59 Page Click OK to validate. 9. Click Apply in the Bundle Segment Definition dialog box. The bundle segment appears. The geometry is created with: a new body: Body.2 containing the rib the External References container the ElecRouteBody geometry: Circle.1 The Segment Definition button is now activated. See Creating Other Segments. Other Cases:

60 In the same configuration: Page Click the Multi-Branchable button. The Bundle Segment Definition dialog box opens. 2. Click Cancel in this dialog box before defining the route. The Multi-Branchable1 is created as well as the Branchable1 but no geometry is defined. 3. Clicking the Multi-Branchable button again will open the Bundle Segment Definition dialog box to edit the Branchable1 as long as the Bundle Segment1 route has not been defined. When the dedicated option is not checked: 1. Double-click to activate the geometrical bundle 2. Click the Multi-Branchable button. The Multi-Branchable1 is created as described above, with by default one branchable bundle segment and one bundle segment. 3. Activate the geometrical bundle again. 4. Click the Multi-Branchable button. Another multi-branchable document (Multi-Branchable2) is created as described above, with by default one branchable bundle segment and one bundle segment.

61 Page 61 Creating a New Branchable Bundle Segment The Multi-Branchable sample is still open. A multi-branchable bundle segment has been created. You are in Electrical Harness Installation (Part workbench). Nothing is selected in the geometry. Check the Bundle Segment Creation dedicated option is enabled, that is to say Work with one multi-branchable per geometrical bundle is checked. The Branchable1 has not been defined 1. Click the Multi-Branchable button. The Bundle Segment Definition dialog box opens allowing you to define the Branchable1: Change the value of the parameters if needed and route the bundle segment as described above. OK and Apply are now available. 2. Click OK to validate. The Branchable1 is created as well as the geometry (ElecRouteBody.1 and Body.2). The Branchable1 has been defined

62 Page Click the Multi-Branchable button. The Bundle Segment Definition dialog box opens allowing you to define a second branchable bundle segment (Branchable2): Change the value of the parameters if needed and route the bundle segment as described above. OK and Apply are now available. 2. Click OK to validate. The Branchable2 is created as well as the geometry (ElecRouteBody.2 and Body.3).

63 Page 63 Note that if you click Cancel in the bundle segment definition dialog box, the Branchable2 will be deleted from the specification tree as well as the geometry. Editing a Multi-Branchable Bundle Segment or one of its Components When you are in Electrical Harness Assembly, to edit a multi-branchable bundle segment or one of its components, you can: 1. Select the multi-branchable bundle segment in the specification tree, click then click the multi-branchable part.

64 Page Expand the multi-branchable part in the specification tree, select a branchable bundle segment then click. 3. Expand the multi-branchable part in the specification tree, select a bundle segment then click.

65 Page 65 Note that it is possible to delete a branchable bundle segment but not possible to delete a bundle segment.

66 Creating Other Segments Page 66 This task explains how to create other segments at branch points. Dedicated commands have been created to add and remove branch points although it is still possible to access them through the Segment Definition dialog box. Branch points can be added to or removed from the original bundle segment. The tangent continuity is maintained between the segments. This type of bundle segment allows you to connect other bundle segments onto the branch points and to manage the bundle segment diameter for each section. You've already performed the previous task. The Bundle Segment Definition dialog box is still open. 1. Click the Segment Definition button. The Segment Definition dialog box displays: It lets you manage the sub-segments and their properties. 2. Optionally, change the parameters according to your needs: Name Diameter Color. 3. Click the Add branch point button : You are prompted to select the bundle segment. 4. Select the bundle segment. The Create Branch Point Definition dialog box displays:

67 Page Click a point on the curve where you want to create a branch point. The distance to the reference object is updated in the dialog box. An alternative is to enter a value in the Length or Ration field. 6. Click OK to validate. The Segment Definition dialog box is updated:

68 Page 68 The bundle segment, here Bundle Segment 2, has been created as well as the branch point, here Point.3. The Extremity Management becomes available where you can modify the coordinates. The Visualization Management allows you to reframe the geometry on the selection. As a branch point has been added, the branchable bundle segment consists of two sub-segments that can have different parameters. Those sub-segments share the same centerline and are stored into the same CATPart document. The branch point is not fixed as a bundle segment definition point but placed directly on the centerline. Thus, when modifying the centerline, the branch point will follow the curve.

69 Removing a Branch Point Page 69 This task explains how to remove a branch point on a branchable bundle segment. Several branch points have been added onto the bundle segment. The geometry looks like this:

70 Page Click the Remove branch point button in the Segment Definition dialog box. You are prompted to select the bundle segment extremity. 2. Click the bundle segment close to the branch point you want to remove. CATIA finds the closest bundle segment extremity according to the selection point. The branch point is highlighted. A message displays: 3. Click OK to validate. The branch point is removed and the two sub-segments on both sides of the removed branch point are merged.

71 Page Click OK when you are done. Note that when you select a bundle segment to remove a branch point, the closest one is highlighted and proposed for deletion. When you validate the merged bundle segments keep the properties of the bundle segment originally selected.

72 Branching External Bundle Segments Page 72 This task explains how to branch bundle segments and how the bundle segments update is performed in case of route modification. You can branch either branchable segments or normal ones. 1. Add several branch points onto the bundle segment. The geometry looks like this: 2. Click the Branchable Bundle Segment button or the Bundle Segment button to create new bundle segments.

73 Page 73 The Electrical Harness Assembly workbench switches to the Electrical Harness Installation workbench. The Bundle Segment Definition dialog box opens: 3. Change the parameter value of your choice, if need be. 4. Click the Route Definition button to define the bundle segment route. After creating two bundle segments the result looks like this:

74 Page Using the compass, change a connector location.

75 Page 75 You now need to update the geometry. 6. Click the Update button. The result looks as follows:

76 Page 76 The main bundle segment is recomputed as well as the branch point coordinates. The branched bundle segments have also been recomputed.

77 Using Branchable Bundle Segments in V5R12 Onwards Page 77 This task explains how documents containing branchable bundle segments created in V5R10/R11 are managed: These branchable bundle segments are edited as in the previous versions. You will be able to add other branchable bundle segments to such documents as if they were originally multi-branchable bundle segment documents. Editing a Branchable Bundle Segment Open a document containing branchable bundle segments created with V5R10 or V5R Select a branchable bundle segment. 2. Click the Multi-Branchable button. The dialog box opens allowing you to edit the branchable bundle segment selected. 3. Click OK to validate.

78 Page 78 Adding a Branchable Bundle Segment Open a document containing branchable bundle segments created with V5R10 or V5R11. Nothing is selected in the geometry. 1. Click the Multi-Branchable button. A branchable bundle segment is created and the dialog box opens allowing you to define the parameters: The Branchable Bundle Segment document becomes a multi-branchable one (although its name is not changed by the application) and the new branchable bundle segment is created under this one.

79 Page Define the route then validate. Note that if you click Cancel in the bundle segment definition dialog box, the Branchable2 will be deleted from the specification tree as well as the geometry. The single bundle segments (those created since V5R7) do not behave the same way: It will only be possible to edit or modify their route, but neither to add branch points nor branchable bundle segments.

80 Page 80 Creating Branch Points Dedicated commands allows you to create or remove branch points although it is still possible to access them through the Segment Definition dialog box. Adding branch points: Click this icon and select the bundle segment to which you want to add a branch point. Removing branch points: Click this icon and select the branch point you want to remove.

81 Adding Branch Points Page 81 This task shows you how to create branch points using the dedicated command. It is also possible to access this function through the Segment Definition dialog box. Open a document containing at least a branchable bundle segment. 1. Click the Add Branch Point button. You are prompted to select a bundle segment. 2. Select the bundle segment. The dialog box displays as well as tools allowing you to place the branch point on the curve: 3. Select the reference point either in the specification tree or in the geometry. Click Other Extremity to change the reference point to the bundle segment other extremity. 4. Define the distance to the reference object either in the dialog box or in the geometry. In the dialog box you can define the distance: by entering the length from the reference point or by entering a bundle segment ratio. 5. Click OK to validate.

82 Page 82 Removing Branch Points This task shows you how to remove branch points using the dedicated command. It is also possible to access this function through the Segment Definition dialog box. Open a document containing a branchable bundle segment with several branch points. 1. Click the Remove Branch Point button. You are prompted to select a bundle segment. 2. Click the bundle segment close to the branch point you want to remove. CATIA finds the closest bundle segment extremity according to the selection point. The branch point is highlighted. A message displays: 3. Click OK to validate. The branch point is removed and the two sub-segments on both sides of the removed branch point are merged. Note that when you select a bundle segment to remove a branch point, the closest one is highlighted and proposed for deletion. When you validate the merged bundle segments keep the properties of the bundle segment originally selected.

83 Detailing the Routing Options... Page 83 You are routing a bundle segment. The Bundle Segment Route Definition dialog box is displayed. Note: A component can be a point, a device or a support. It is also referred to as object. You can: add a point, a device or a support before or after the object selected in the list, using the corresponding radio button, Select an object in the list. Click the Add before button. Select another object in the geometry. The object (here a point) is added to the flexible curve before the object selected in the list (here the multi-support). replace a component selected in the list with another one, for example the other connector of the equipment: Select the connector to be replaced in the list. Click the Replace button. Select the other connector in the geometry.

84 Page 84 The result looks like this: remove an object selected in the list. Select an object in the list. Click the Remove button. The object (here the multi-support) is removed from the flexible curve. Geometry on support: to route a bundle segment on a part surface Select Geometry on support. Click the surface. Select the points/supports/devices. The result looks as follows:

85 Page 85 More >> options Select a device: By default the flexible curve is built with tangency condition. Click the red arrow to reverse the tangent direction. Tangent management: Explicit Select Explicit as Constraint type. Click a face as Tangent direction. The tangent is added. Tangent management: From curve Select From curve as Constraint type. Click an edge as Element. The tangent is added. You can remove or reverse the tangent using the corresponding buttons. Select a support: Orientation management: Click Reverse to change the tangent direction.

86 Page 86 Positioning management: 1. Click Position to change the way through the support. 2. Change H and V values. 3. Click OK. The result looks as follows: Select a point: Tangent management: Explicit 1. Select Explicit as Constraint type. 2. Click a face as Tangent direction. The tangent is added. Tangent management: From curve 1. Select From curve as Constraint type. 2. Click an edge as Element. The tangent is added.

87 Page 87 You can remove or reverse the tangent using the corresponding buttons. Slack management: Click Ignore slack if you don't want the slack parameter to be taken into account. The slack is never used when routing a bundle segment on a part. Offset management at creation: This option is available when routing bundle segments (branchable or normal ones) on a surface using a manipulator. Automatic: the flexible curve follows the surface with an offset equal to the bundle segment radius. It is the default value. Automatic with safety margin allows you to create an offset equal to the bundle segment radius increased by the selected value. You can change to Manual if you want to define the route at a selected point with a different offset.

88 Routing Bundle Segment into a Support Page 88 These functionalities are only available in the Electrical Harness Assembly workbench. Add a support: Click this icon and select the bundle segment you want to route into a support. Remove a support: Click this icon and select the bundle segment to remove from the support.

89 Adding a Support Page 89 This task shows how to route bundle segments into supports. This functionality also works on multi-support. Open the InSupport.CATProduct document.

90 Page Click the Add Support button. You are prompted to select the bundle segment you want to drive into the support. CATIA finds the closest bundle segment construction point according to the selection point. 2. Select Bundle Segment1 close to the location of interest. >> The extremity or construction point is highlighted: You are prompted to select the support. 3. Select Support.1. >> The support is highlighted indicating that the selection is allowed. The Add Support dialog box opens: Since the selected point is not an extremity, the bundle segment will go through the support between this point and the next one. The options are therefore disabled as in this example. You can change the bundle segment direction through the support by reversing the arrow.

91 Page 91 If an extremity is selected, you can choose where you want to place the support along the bundle segment route: beyond the selected extremity, on this side of the selected extremity. Note: In case of a multi-support, the section selected is the closest to the selection point on the support: >> 4. Change the option if needed. 5. Click to invert the arrow in the geometry or in the dialog box, if needed. 6. Click OK validate your choice. The bundle segment route is recomputed. In the first case, the result looks like this:

92 Page 92 It looks like this in case you selected Point.1 and Beyond the bundle segment extremity.

93 Removing Support Page 93 This task shows how to remove the bundle segment from the support, therefore modifying its route. The InSupport.CATProduct document is still open. 1. Click the Remove Support button. You are prompted to select the bundle segment you want to remove from the support. 2. Select Bundle Segment1. The way through the support is highlighted:

94 Page 94 A message is displayed asking you to confirm this action. 3. Click OK to validate your choice. The bundle segment route is recomputed and comes back to its original definition.

95 Connecting/Disconnecting... Page 95 These functionalities are only available in the Electrical Harness Assembly workbench. Connecting: Click this icon and select the bundle segment you want to link to another bundle segment or a device. Disconnecting: Click this icon and select a bundle segment extremity to unlink all the elements.

96 Connecting a Bundle Segment Page 96 This task shows how to create a connection between a bundle segment and a device or between two bundle segments. Open the Link.CATProduct document. Make sure the options are set according to your needs. Note: it the Geometrical Link option is not activated, only the electrical link is created. 1. Click the Link button. You are prompted to select the bundle segment you want to connect. CATIA finds the closest bundle segment extremity according to the selection point. 2. Select Bundle Segment1 close to the extremity to be connected. >> The extremity is highlighted: You are prompted to select another bundle segment extremity or a device.

97 Page Select ConnectorLink2. >> The connector is highlighted indicating that the selection is allowed: the connector includes a bundle connection point. CATIA finds the closest bundle connection point according to the selection point. A message is displayed asking you to confirm the selection. 4. When you are satisfied, click OK validate your choice. The bundle segment is computed. The result looks like this: Note that you can add or reverse tangent. To make the connection possible, a bundle connection point must be defined on the device. Connecting a Bundle Segment Following a Part 1. Click the Link button. You are prompted to select the bundle segment you want to connect. You must choose first the bundle segment which is not following the part. Otherwise the construction is not possible. 2. Select Bundle Segment1 close to the extremity to be connected.

98 The extremity is highlighted: >> Page 98 You are prompted to select another bundle segment extremity or a device. 3. Select Bundle Segment2 close to the extremity to be connected. >> CATIA generates the point for the connection A message is displayed asking you to confirm the selection. 4. Click OK validate your choice. The bundle segment is computed. The result looks like this: As you see, there is no tangency applied to the bundle segments. You can modify the route and define a tangent. 5. Double-click to edit the bundle segment newly routed.

99 Page 99 The Bundle Segment Definition dialog box opens. a. Click the Route Definition button. The Bundle Segment Route Definition window opens. b. Click the More>> button. It shows like this: Note that the bundle segment extremity (Point.6) is selected. c. Click the Tangent direction field and select the bundle segment flexible curve as shown below:

100 Page 100 The dialog box is updated: as well as the geometry: How to display the electrical connection?

101 Page Click the Related Objects button. 2. Select the bundle segment: Bundle Segment1 You see that the connector is linked to the bundle segment. in Tree view: in 3D view:

102 Page 102 For more information, refer to Viewing Related Objects.

103 Disconnecting... Page 103 This task shows how to delete a connection between bundle segments or between a connector and a bundle segment. The Link.CATProduct document is open. 1. Click the Unlink button. You are prompted to select the bundle segment extremity you want to disconnect. CATIA finds the closest bundle segment extremity according to the selection point. 2. Select Bundle Segment1. >> The extremity is highlighted:

104 Page 104 A message is displayed asking you to confirm the selection. 3. When you are satisfied, click OK to validate your choice. The bundle segment is disconnected from the connector. How to display the electrical connection? 1. Click the Related Objects button. 2. Select the bundle segment you have just disconnected: Bundle Segment1 You can see that the connector is no longer connected. in Tree view:

105 Page 105 in 3D view: For more information, refer to Viewing Related Objects.

106 Splitting a Bundle Segment Page 106 This task shows how to split a bundle segment in two, creating therefore a new bundle segment. This functionality is not available for branchable bundle segments. Open the InSupport.CATProduct document. 1. Click the Split button. You are prompted to select the bundle segment in order to define the cutting point. The bundle segment will split using a construction point. CATIA finds the closest bundle segment construction point according to the selection point. In case the closest bundle segment construction point is an extremity, CATIA uses the second closest one.

107 Page 107 As a confirmation message displays, the cutting point highlights. 2. Click OK to validate your choice. The bundle segment is split in two: a new bundle segment (Bundle Segment2) has been created.

108 Page 108 After the split, the tangent continuity between the bundle segments is maintained.

109 Instantiating a Protection Page 109 This task shows how to use protections created in the Electrical Library workbench and stored into a catalog. Open any document containing bundle segments. 1. Click the Protection button. The Instantiate Protection dialog box opens:

110 Page 110 It lets you: choose the protection reference you want to apply, using the catalog browser, select the bundle segments on which the protection will be applied, remove bundle segments from the selection. In the lower frame, you can enter parameters specific to the tape type of protection: the layer number the taping angle the tape overlapping. Note that: The taping angle and the overlapping parameters are mutually exclusive: either you enter a value for the taping angle and the overlapping will be automatically computed, or you enter a value for the overlapping and the taping angle will be automatically computed. The overlapping value can be negative. You also get information about the protection length: The Covered length is displayed for both tape and tube type. The Total tape length is calculated, using the following parameters:

111 Page 111 where: Angle is the taping angle value. Height is the bundle segment length covered by the tape. NbLayers is the number of layers. The overlapping formula is the following: Overlapping = Width * 2 Π * (Radius + Thickness/2) * tan Angle where: Width is the tape width. Radius is the bundle segment radius. Thickness is the tape thickness. Angle is the taping angle value. 2. Select the catalog then the protection you want to instantiate. a. Open the catalog browser: To do so: Click this button and navigate to the catalog, for example:.../online/elbug_c2/samples/catalog/catalog1.catalog. Double-click the protection. The catalog browser closes and the selected protection displays in the upper right corner of the primary window. b. An alternative is to use the catalog browser from the toolbar, select the protection then drag and drop it onto the bundle segment:

112 Page 112 In this case the step 3 is not necessary, but the protection can only be applied to one bundle segment at a time. 3. Select one or more bundle segments to be covered with the protection: Notes: In case of multi-selection, the bundle segments must belong to the same geometrical bundle. You can select both normal or branchable bundle segments, as long as they are contiguous. The dialog box updates and the protection start and end points display in the geometry.

113 Page Double-click one extremity to re-limit the protection. The Create Point on Curve dialog box opens: It lets you define the new position for the extremity: You can change either the ratio or the length (the other parameter is modified accordingly) or select the middle point of the bundle segment. An alternative is to select a point on the curve in the geometry: the Start Extremity here is modified, the protection turns to red informing you that it needs to be updated. 5. Click OK to validate the re-limitation of the protection. The geometry is updated.

114 6. Click OK to validate the entries made. Page 114 The user can define the appearance of the protection using the Apply Material command. Supports can be added to bundle segments covered with a protection. If the support is adaptative, its parameters will be linked to the protection outer diameter. This functionality is integrated with the wire routing (EWR): when routing wires into bundle segments covered with a protection, the bundle segment diameter updates as well as the protection's. This functionality is also integrated with the drawing extraction (EHF): the protections are displayed in the drawing sheet.

115 Exiting Electrical Harness Installation Page 115 This task shows you how to quit Electrical Harness Installation workbench when the bundle segments definition is completed. 1. Click the Exit button. You are back in Electrical Harness Assembly workbench or the lastly used Product workbench.

116 Managing Local Slack Page 116 This task explains how to modify the slack at a specific location. This command is available for both bundle segment and multi-branchable bundle segment. This command is disabled when creating a bundle segment on a part (keeping the associativity). Open the LocalSlack.CATProduct document. 1. Click the Local Slack button. 2. Click the bundle segment where you want to modify the slack: Two construction points are highlighted: they delimit the portion of the bundle segment selected. The Local Slack Management dialog box opens:

117 Page 117 Two options are available: Ignore slack: the slack is not taken into account between the highlighted points. Add slack: an extra length is added to the bundle segment portion. 3. Choose Ignore slack and click Apply/OK. The bundle segment looks like this: 4. Click the Local Slack button again. 5. Select the other segment portion (on the right). 6. Choose Add slack, enter 10mm in the Slack definition field and click Apply/OK. The bundle segment is updated. 7. Moreover, if you edit the bundle segment route (by double-clicking the bundle segment, then the Route Definition button), you can see that:

118 Page 118 the construction points display labels the construction point selected in the Bundle Segment Route Definition dialog box highlights (here Point.3) the slack added to a bundle segment portion displays a label located in its middle the slack ignored between two points displays a label located in its middle. The slack is always added between the point selected and the following one according to the construction order.

119 3D Harness Tolerancing Using FTA Page 119 This task makes use of the Electrical Harness workbench integration together with the 3D Tolerancing and Annotation product. It lets you easily define and manage 3D tolerance specifications and annotations directly on the 3D or flattened harnesses. This allows the user to add dimension information directly to the 3D mock-up so that they are available for downstream process. For example, the contents of the 3D session can be sent to a harness supplier for manufacturing purpose and the dimensions to be respected will be part of the data provided. This function makes it possible to annotate: the distance between two connectors of a geometrical bundle through multiple bundle segments the distance between two supports the distance between a connector and a protection the distance between a branch point and a connector etc. A Product Functional Tolerancing & Annotation license must be available to perform this scenario. Refer to the 3D Functional Tolerancing & Annotation User's Guide for more information on the product. You can use the following sample:...\online\cfysa_c2\samples\electricalassembly\electricalassembly.catproduct 1. Switch to the Product Functional Tolerancing & Annotation workbench. 2. Select the Projection View/Annotation Plane button. Select a plane or an axis system to define the annotation plane. Here the horizontal plane for example. The Projected View is added to the specification tree. Note that all planes that contain the extremities of the curve to be annotated will be suitable for the curvilinear length dimension display, as it will be used to project the annotation on. Else, to get a better presentation, the viewpoint should be set perpendicular to this annotation plane. To do so, click the Normal View button and select the annotation plane of interest. 3. Select the Curvilinear Dimensions button in the Dimensions toolbar. You are prompted to select the first element for the dimension creation.

120 Page 120 In the context of the Electrical Harness product, you can select a plane, a point or a spline. Whatever the number of elements, at least one spline must be selected. They must be ordered from one end to the other. They must be in an electrical part (connector, equipment, bundle segment, support, back shell, protection, etc.) The electrical continuity between the different elements selected is mandatory. For more information about this command, refer to 3D Functional Tolerancing & Annotation User's Guide - Basic Tasks - Creating Annotations - Creating Curvilinear Dimensions. 4. Select for example: a connector face, two splines and a support face to delimit the second spline. the connector face: the first spline:

121 Page 121 Note that at that time: the new feature appears in the specification tree (xxx.part for Constructed Geometry) the dimension is previewed. By default, the dimension line is linear. You can switch to other visualization modes: Right-click the dimension line to display the contextual menu. Select Parallel. Refer to 3D Functional Tolerancing & Annotation User's Guide - Basic Tasks - Creating Annotations - Creating Curvilinear Dimensions to see the different view option. Optionally, you can drag the dimension line and/or the dimension value to position them as wanted. the second spline:

122 Page 122 The dimension line is updated. the support face to delimit the second spline: 5. Click in the free space to validate and end the dimension creation. The dimension appears in white.

123 Page 123 The semi-arc symbol displayed over the dimension value symbolizes a curvilinear length dimension. You can now handle the dimension just like any other dimension. User Interface Behavior

124 Selection of a 3D curve: Page 124 If the user selects a 3D curve of a branchable bundle segment, then the curvilinear length dimension will be displayed in the geometry and the user will have to click in the free space to validate the dimension creation and to exit the command (no other geometric selection will be proposed). Selection of the first 3D curve after the selection of a starting point or planar face: If the user selects a point or a planar face, he will then be prompted to select a harness routing spline. Selection of others 3D curves: Then the user will be prompted to complete the selection of harness routing curves or to select the ending point or planar face of the curvilinear length: If the user selects another curve, the software will check the consistency between the curves. If the last selected and the new selected curves are not connected, an error message will be displayed and the last selection will be removed. The user will again be prompted to complete the selection of harness routing curves or to select the ending point or planar face of the curvilinear length. Selection of an ending point or planar face: If the user selects a point or a planar face, the curvilinear length dimension will be displayed in the 3D and the user will have to click in the free space to validate the dimension creation and to exit the command (no other geometric selection will be proposed). Associativity If an object taking part to the curvilinear dimension is moved in the 3D geometry, the annotation is updated. Electrical continuity It is not possible to create a curvilinear dimension for bundle segments belonging to different geometrical bundles. If you select points or planes, CATIA will find the best solution to compute the length the user intends to annotate: Selection of a point: On the bundle segment centerline: this point will be used as an extremity of the annotated length. On a support: the projection of the point on the bundle centerline will be used as an extremity of the annotated length. On a connector: a straight line will be added to this point from the bundle centerline extremity. Selection of a plane: On a support: the intersection point between the plane and the centerline will be used as an extremity of the annotated length. If the selected plane does not intersect with the centerline, the plane is ignored. On a connector: a perpendicular line between the bundle centerline extremity and the plane will be added.

125 Creating Adaptative Part Page 125 This task explains how to define an adaptative part such as a support, using a formula. Open the AdaptativeClamp.CATPart document. This document also contains three formulas that have been defined to re-compute the support geometry after routing: 1 - The support remaining length value is set to: 20mm*(2*PI+1)-(2*PI*ELEC-SUPPORT- RADIUS) 2 - The inner diameter value is set to: ELEC-SUPPORT-RADIUS 3 - The outer diameter value is set to: ELEC-SUPPORT-RADIUS + 2mm

126 Page Click the Formula Editor button. 2. Select the Length type and click the New parameter of type button. 3. Enter the name for it: ELEC-SUPPORT-RADIUS and a value: 18mm for example Note: the name must strictly be ELEC-SUPPORT-RADIUS. 4. Select the support radius (PartBody\Sketch.1\Radius.50\Radius) and click the Add Formula button: 5. Enter the formula: PartBody\Sketch.1\Radius.50\Radius = 'ELEC-SUPPORT-RADIUS' (the radius is equal to the new parameter ELEC-SUPPORT-RADIUS)

127 Page Click OK to validate the entries made in both dialog boxes. Now, if you route a bundle segment through this support: A formula will automatically be generated under the root product of the document, if and only if the ELEC-SUPPORT-RADIUS parameter has been detected: Support radius = Bundle segment diameter * 0.5 The support will exactly fit the bundle segment diameter. The formulas given above are used to recompute the support geometry.

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129 Using the Mechanical Assembly Integration Page 129 This task makes use of the Electrical Harness workbench integration together with the mechanical modeler. It demonstrates the associativity between the bundle segment and the part. The document contains a bundle segment routed on a part. 1. Modify the sketch of the pad. The bundle segment is no longer leaning on the face of the pad. 2. Close the Sketcher. The geometry looks like this:

130 Page Double-click the bundle segment in the specification tree. The document is updated:

131 V4/V5 Electrical Data Migration Page 131 This task explains how an existing CATIA V4 Electrical model is converted into V5 documents. The conversion of the V4 data is performed using the migration batch. By default, the batch will only migrate the geometry of the BNSs and BSJs. To perform the migration of electrical data, you'll need to set up a migration utility parameter. This option can also be defined using the Tools -> Options... -> General -> Electrical tab together with the Batch Migration tab. Refer to the Infrastructure User's Guide (Customizing Settings - General - Compatibility). To know more about V5 devices, refer to Electrical Library User's Guide. The V4 MASTER workspace becomes the main V5 CATProduct document while: each geometrical SET becomes a CATPart, each DETAIL workspace becomes a CATPart, each GBN becomes a CATProduct, according to the selected option: each BNS becomes a CATPart, if Bundle segments is chosen all the BNSs of a GBN are stored in the same CATPart, if Multi-branchable bundle segments is chosen. The CATPart documents resulting of DETAIL workspaces are instantiated as many times as there are DITTOS in the main document. The root document is a CATProduct named: <V4 Model Name>.CATProduct. Even though the electrical applications use catalogs, the migration batch migrates only the components in the models, not in the libraries. Interoperability with ENOVIA LCA In the context of ENOVIA LCA, you must first uncheck the Use root context in assembly option, which is located in the Part Infrastructure -> General -> External References frame. If not, the links will be created to the root of the assembly and it will not be possible to save the geometrical bundle in ENOVIA: By default, this option is checked.

132 Page 132 Now let us see an example: In this V4 model, the SIC comes from a V4 library: each SIC instance (DITTO) has the same reference (DETAIL). In V5, the same structure is recreated: each connector is an instance of the CATPart. The migration applies to V4 BNSs (circular section only). The BSJs become connections between bundles segments. The electrical behavior is added to the geometry of the converted equipments, the connector shells and the single insert connectors. The bundle segments are now connected to the devices (single insert connector or connector shell) and tangency is maintained. The local slack is maintained. The supports (SPT) are converted into mechanical parts to which the bundle segments are linked through publications. The bundle surface (BSF) becomes a protection of tape type. The terminal block (TB) and the terminal strip (TS) are not migrated. Only the geometry appears with no electrical behavior. The external splice (ES) is migrated as a connector of external splice type. The internal splice (IS) is migrated as a connector of internal splice type. The geometry of the bundle junction (BSJ) is migrated as is. V4-V5 Mapping V4 element V5 element Comment Object definition GBN ElecGeoBundle Attribute Object definition BNS circular only ElecBundleSegment a CATPart for each V4 BNS (Bundle segments) or a CATPart for all the V4 BNSs under a V4 GBN (Multibranchable bundle segments) BPP ElecBundleSegmentExtremity point used to create the curve for extremity BPP for other BPP BSJ Connection

133 Page 133 Attribute MODE Elec_Creation_Mode BENDRAD Elec_Bend_Radius DISLACK Elec_Di_Slack if MODE is set to SLACK TLENGTH Elec_Length if MODE is set to LENGTH Object definition SIC ElecSingleConnector Standard migration for geometry ETN Electrical Termination ES External Splice Standard migration for geometry IS Internal Splice No geometry BPP ElecBundleConnectionPoint CPP & Clocking not supported Attribute PARTNUM Product Structure Part Number IDNUM NUMPIN Valuated on the parent Cavity Electrical Terminal number Object definition CSL ElecConnectorShell Standard migration for geometry BPP ElecBundleConnectionPoint Attribute PARTNUM Product Structure Part Number IDNUM Valuated on the parent Cavity Object definition EQT ElecEquipment Standard migration for geometry Attribute PARTNUM Product Structure Part Number Object definition SPT Mechanical Part linked to bundle segments Standard migration for geometry SPS a point and two planes Attribute PARTNUM Product Structure Part Number Object definition BSF ElecProtection Attribute PARTNUM Product Structure Part Number The V5 documents created by migration of V4 electrical models are named as follows: <Name of the model>_<catia V4 Detail Identifier> for example: TEST_MODEL1_ECP1.CATPart When migrating several models at a time, if they contain the same device, a CATPart will be generated for each V5 document (i.e. two models using the same SIC will migrate as two V5 documents with two CATPart documents). Known restrictions: There are no mechanical links (permanent restriction) between the single insert connectors (CPP and Clocking not supported). For the time being, when migrating multi-section supports, only the first created section keeps link with the bundle segments. For the other sections of the support, the bundle segments are not linked to the support. For the time being, the result of the V4 to V5 migration is stored in Workpackage in ENOVIA. The Explode mode is not available.

134 Permanent restrictions: If the V4 BNS bend radius is smaller than the V4 BNS diameter, the bend radius value taken into account will be equal to the diameter. The rectangular section BNS is migrated as a circular section bundle segment. The V4 BNS created in BEND mode ends in a slightly different shape: Page 134 The V4 BNS is shown in yellow, the corresponding V5 bundle segment is shown in red. To perform the migration of electrical data, you need to set up the following parameter: 1. Open the Tools -> Utility... menu item: The Batch Monitor window opens. 2. Double-click the MigrateV4ToV5 utility: The MigrateV4ToV5 dialog box opens.

135 3. Click the Options... button. Page 135 The Batch Options dialog box displays. 4. Select the Migration Batch tab. At the bottom of this dialog box, in the Interface Name field, enter CATIE3DMigration: 5. Click OK to validate. You are back in the MigrateV4ToV5 dialog box. 6. Click the Options... button again and select the Electrical tab. This tab lets you define if you want your V4 BNSs migrated as bundle segments or multi-branchable bundle segments. Bundle segments is the default value. 7. Select the option of interest and click OK to validate. You can now migrate your V4 data according to your choice. An alternative is to launch the Migration batch as follows: 1. Enter the following command: CNEXT -batch -e CATV4ToV5Migration. 2. Select a target directory (where the V5 documents will be created). 3. Select the V4 documents to be converted. 4. Click the Migrate button.

136 Page 136 The Options... button lets you define if you want your V4 BNSs migrated as bundle segments or multi-branchable bundle segments. Bundle segments is the default value. For more information, refer to the V4 Integration documentation - User Tasks - Converting CATIA Version 4 Models into CATIA Version 5 in Batch Mode.

137 Electrical Integration Scenarios Page 137 To complete the electrical process from end to end, CATIA Electrical products can import electrical specifications from various data repository. It can be either from CATIA EFD product or through external electrical specification authoring tools (schematics, database, etc.) thanks to CAA APIs or XML exchange files. Here are two scenarios illustrating these capabilities: Electrical Integration from External Data Electrical Integration from Functional Data

138 Electrical Integration from External Data Page 138 This document explains the external data exchange capabilities available in the electrical workbenches. Environment Settings Setting up the Electrical Process Interfacing Selecting Systems from External Data Placing Devices from External Data Creating the Cable Harness Placing Internal Splices Automatic Routing Exporting Data from CATIA

139 Setting up the Environment Page 139 Make sure the options are set up as follows: 1. Select the Tools -> Options... command then in the Infrastructure category, click Part Infrastructure. 2. In the General tab: Keep link with selected object option must be checked: This makes possible the contextual links between the bundle segments and the geometry when creating the harness. 3. Then in the Equipment & Systems category, click the Electrical Harness Installation workbench. Click the Harness Management tab: The bundle segment naming rule is set to Parent-Bundle Segment(#PN#) to help you recognize to which geometrical bundle a bundle segment belongs. 4. Click OK to validate the entries made.

140 Setting up the Electrical Process Interfacing Page 140 This document shows how to set up the options to take advantage of external data from partners through XML files. See also the Customizing - Electrical Process Interfacing documentation. It is also possible to use CAA V5 APIs to get information from legacy databases. 1. Select the Tools -> Options... command then in the Equipment & Systems category, click the Electrical Process Interfacing tab. This tab lets you define: the access to external data the electrical ixf repository path the electrical working catalog path. 2. Make sure Enable external systems interfacing is checked. However, you are required to identify the path: of the folder in which the XML files available are stored of the working catalog containing the V5 parts which Part Number are referred to in the XML files. 3. Use to locate the ixf systems repository. For this example, the path is:.../online/cfysa_c2/samples/electricalintegration 4. Use to locate the catalog path. For this example, the path is:.../online/cfysa_c2/samples/electricalintegration/ ElecIntegration.catalog 5. Click OK to validate the entries made.

141 Page 141 It is now necessary to define the electrical objects mapping regarding the working catalog. To do so: use the Tools -> Options... menu then in the Equipment & Systems category, select the Electrical mapping tab. Refer to the Customizing - Equipment & Systems - Electrical mapping documentation.

142 Selecting Systems from External Data Page 142 Since you have set up the option to enable the external systems interfacing, an additional command is available in the Electrical Library and Electrical Wire Routing workbenches. This task explains how to select the system prior to placing electrical components or routing. Once a system is selected, the list of devices is loaded and ready to use. 1. Switch to the Electrical Assembly Design workbench or Electrical Wire Routing. 2. Click the Select External Systems button. The System Selection dialog box displays with the XML files available: 3. Select one or more systems and click the right arrow. for example: Electrical Bundle Click OK to validate. The component list is filled up with these data and available for assisted placement or routing. If a system has already been selected, the data is reloaded.

143 Placing Devices from External Data Page 143 Since you have set up the option to enable the external systems interfacing, an additional command in the Electrical Library and Electrical Wire Routing workbenches. is available And the Electrical Library commands Place Physical Device and Add Link are replaced with this one: Manage Links. This task explains how to place electrical components from the external device list. 1. Click the Manage Links button. The device list displays: The components you can place are: equipments connectors internal splices shells. You can filter the list: Show all devices: the list displays all the devices referenced in the external data file, even if they are not placed in the geometry. Show only devices present in session: the list displays only the devices placed in the geometry. Show only changed devices: the list displays only the devices which part numbers have been changed in the external data file. 2. Select a component, for example the battery: Battery 6volts.1

144 Page 144 If the component is not linked to a 3D element, the Place and Link buttons become available. 3. Click Place. The catalog browser opens. Since a mapping has been defined, the catalog browser has been filtered to display only the object with the same part number as the object selected in the device list. If the part number is defined neither in the device list nor in the catalog, you can navigate in the catalog browser to select the component of your choice. 4. Select this equipment: Battery 6volts and click OK. The equipment is placed and automatically linked, together with the connector that belongs to it. They are added to the specification tree under the active product and appear in the geometry at the origin. You can change their locations using the compass. The component list is updated: the equipment, connector and pins are shown as linked in the device list.

145 Page 145 If all the sub-element part numbers are filled up in the device list and found in the catalog, they are automatically placed and linked. 5. Repeat these steps for the second equipment: Battery 6Volts Click Close when you are done. Make sure you have defined the electrical objects mapping regarding the working catalog. To do so: use the Tools -> Options... menu then in the Equipment & Systems category, select the Electrical mapping tab. Refer to the Customizing - Equipment & Systems - Electrical mapping documentation.

146 Creating the Cable Harness Page 146 Since you have set up the option to enable the external systems interfacing, an additional command Library and Electrical Wire Routing workbenches. is available in the Electrical And the Electrical Library commands Place Physical Device and Add Link are replaced with this one: Manage Links. This task explains how to define the cable harness and place the connectors at each extremity. 1. Switch to Electrical Harness Assembly workbench. 2. Insert a new product under the root product. Either use the contextual menu - Components -> New Product - or select the Insert -> New Product menu item. 3. Click the Geometrical Bundle button. 4. Switch to Electrical Assembly Design workbench again. 5. Double-click to activate the geometrical bundle to place the extremities. 6. Click the Place Physical Device button. The component list displays: You will place the mating connectors: Connector_M.1 and Connector_M.2.

147 Page Select a connector, for example Connector_M.1 8. Click Place. Since a mapping has been defined, the catalog browser opens with the predefined connector: 9. Select this connector: Connector_M and click OK. The connector is placed and automatically linked, together with the pins that belong to it. They are added to the specification tree under the active product and appear in the geometry at the origin (0, 0). You change the location using the compass. The component list is updated: the connector and pins are shown as Linked in the device list. 10. Repeat these steps for the other mating connector if you perform the whole scenario. The result looks like this: You will now connect the male connectors to the batteries. The parent product, common to both devices to be connected, must be active. 11. Click the Connect Electrical Devices button.

148 Select successively the connector connection point of both connectors to link them. Page 148

149 Placing Internal Splices Page 149 Since you have set up the option to enable the external systems interfacing, an additional command and Electrical Wire Routing workbenches. is available in the Electrical Library And the Electrical Library commands Place Physical Device and Add Link are replaced with this one: Manage Links. This task explains how to place internal splices anywhere inside the bundle segment, under the covering. 1. Switch to Electrical Harness Assembly workbench. 2. Double-click to activate the geometrical bundle. 3. Create the bundle segment harness. To do so: a. Click the Bundle Segment button. b. Define the bundle segment parameters. c. Define a construction point to link the harness between the batteries. d. Define the bundle segment routes. These steps are detailed in the Basic Tasks - Creating the Bundle Segment Document. The result looks like this:

150 You will now place the internal splices inside the bundle segments. Page Switch to Electrical Assembly Design workbench. 5. Click the Manage Links button. The device list displays. 6. Select an internal splice: 7. Click Place. Since a mapping has been defined, the catalog browser opens with the predefined internal splice: 8. Select this internal splice: IS-2Term and click OK. You are prompted to select the bundle segment on which you want to place the internal splice. 9. Click to select the bundle segment. The Internal Splice Placement dialog box opens:

151 Page Move then click to place the internal splice. You can also modify the offset in the dialog box. 11. Click OK. Repeat these steps for the other splice. The internal splice is placed and automatically linked. They are added to the specification tree under the active product. They do not have a geometrical representation. The component list is updated: the splices and pins are shown as linked in the device list.

152 Page Click Close when you are done.

153 Automatic Routing Page 153 Since you have set up the option to enable the external systems interfacing, an additional command is available in the Electrical Library and Electrical Wire Routing workbenches. This command allows you to select the systems to be imported. The Automatic Wire Routing command in Electrical Wire Routing is modified: This task explains how to route wires from an external wire list into an electrical bundle. To know more details, refer to Considering External Data Routing in Greater Depth. If you work in visualization mode (cache mode activated), since routing is now possible with this mode, you need to update you document to load the publication. a. Click the Update button. An update warning opens: b. Click OK to validate. To know more about the cache activation, refer to Electrical Wire Routing - Customizing - Activating the Cache. The document must contain at least: a geometrical bundle with bundle segments and components at their extremities a system.

154 Page Switch to Electrical Wire Routing workbench. 2. Double-click to activate the root product. 3. Create the electrical bundle connected to the geometrical bundle. To do so: a. Click the New Bundle button. b. Select the geometrical bundle to be connected to. These steps are detailed in the Basic Tasks - Defining the Routing Context - Creating the Bundle. The electrical bundle is added to the specification tree under the root product. 4. Click the Automatic Routing button. The wire list opens with connectivity and attribute information: For the wires available in the list, you get the following information: the wire name the wire reference designator the wire external diameter the wire bend radius if the wire is routed or not if the extremities have been found or not, or changed. Filters can help you make your selection: hide already routed wires hide not routed wires hide wires which extremities are not found. The routing options allow you to use or not the knowledge rule. 5. Select one or more wires and click the right arrow. The selected wires shift to the right column: they will be routed. 6. Click Route. The Automatic Wire Routing Report is displayed

155 Page Close the report window. The wires are added to the specification tree: The bundle segments diameter are updated according to the wiring information. To know more, refer to Customizing - Equipment & Systems - Electrical Wire Routing documentation.

156 Exporting Data from CATIA Page 156 Since you have set up the option to enable the external systems interfacing, an additional command is available in the Electrical Library and Electrical Wire Routing workbenches. And the Export Wires... command in Electrical Wire Routing is modified. Refer to the Electrical Wire Routing - Basic Tasks - Exporting Wires to know more about the Wire Export first method. This task explains how to export data from CATIA, for back annotation purpose through CAA V5 APIs or using an XML file. Using this method, you can export data from a complete harness or a sub-assembly. It allows you to generate the full harness schematic with the wires, the connectors at the their extremities, the equipments, etc. 1. Switch to Electrical Wire Routing workbench. 2. Click the Tools -> Export Wires... menu item and select the Export Wires in ixf Format. You are prompted to select a node in the specification tree and every electrical bundle belonging to it will be exported. 3. Click a node in the specification tree. The File dialog box opens:

157 Page Navigate to select the folder where you want to store your file and enter the name of the file. 5. Click Save. An.xml file is created. Note that the wires are exported by harness (electrical bundle). The data exported are: the wire properties, particularly the wire length computed from the 3D geometry the electrical objects connected to the wires (termination, cavity, etc.).

158 Electrical Integration from Functional Data Page 158 This scenario puts together the functionalities from the four workbenches used successively to create an electrical product. As an example: a hair dryer. It can be split in four phases: the electrical system definition using Electrical System Functional Definition the device implantation in 3D environment with Electrical Library the physical harness creation using Electrical Harness Installation and finally the electrical wire routing with Electrical Wire Routing. Re-using predefined electrical systems to create a more elaborate system 1. Start an Electrical System Functional Definition session. 2. Click the New icon and assemble the electrical systems: 3. Import existing components using the contextual menu:

159 Page 159 PowerSupply HairDryer HairDryer_Signals 4. Map the functional connectors to the physical ones using the contextual menu: (connector_m: extension cable connectors to be plugged onto the batteries) This action makes it possible to predefine for each functional connector what device reference to be used for the 3D placement. This will simplify the 3D Designer work: he's driven by the functional data, reusing the Electrical System engineer knowledge to achieve the 3D implantation. 5. Connect terminations and signals using the Assign icon.

160 Page 160 This action makes it possible to define the signal extremities corresponding to the power supply and the hair dryer systems. 6. Save the electrical system assembly using this icon. The electrical functional system is defined. It is saved in the HairDryer_Assembly.CATProduct document in the samples folder. 7. Launch a CATIA session. 8. Open the ElectricalWorkbenchIntegration.CATProduct. It contains two batteries with two female connectors.

161 Page Load the functional system. To do so: Right-click the ElectricalWorkbenchIntegration product and select Components -> Existing Components... Select the HairDryer_Assembly.CATProduct. The correct path is:...\online\cfysa_c2\samples\electricalintegration 10. Set up the options using the Tools -> Options... menu: Select Infrastructure -> Part Infrastructure -> General: Activate the External References option: Keep link with selected object. Select Mechanical Design -> Assembly Design -> General: Activate the option: Automatic update. 3D implantation of the device You will place the physical device: the hair dryer. 1. Start the Electrical Assembly Design workbench. 2. Insert a New Product. Right-click the ElectricalWorkbenchIntegration and select Components -> New Product, In the Properties dialog box, enter the Part Number value for the hair dryer: Hair-DryerProd and validate. This product will contain the hair dryer itself and later the power cable. 3. Open the Catalog Browser using this icon. Successively: Choose the catalog: ElecIntegration.catalog if necessary, use the Browse button. The correct path is:...\online\cfysa_c2\samples\electricalintegration Drag and drop the hair-dryer equipment onto Hair-DryerProd. Close the Catalog Browser when done. This action places the component from the catalog at the default location. Using the compass, you can modify the position of the equipment. It's a first standard mode of placement. 4. Click the Add Link icon to link the respective physical and functional equipment (the hair dryer).

162 Page 162 This action generates the link between the component and its corresponding functional element. You can see if a component is connected or not: the equipment icon sign changes and turns from red to green, meaning that the hair dryer is now electrically linked. >> The automatic signal routing will be possible since the signal extremities defined in the functional system can be transposed in the 3D world using the physical/functional relations. Physical harness creation 1. Start the Electrical Harness Assembly workbench. 2. Create two new products: one for the hair dryer power cable, the second for the extension cable. To do so: Right-click the Hair-DryerProd, select Components -> New Product, enter the Part Number for the power cable in the Properties dialog box and validate. Right-click the ElectricalWorkbenchIntegration, select Components -> New Product, enter the Part Number for the extension cable in the Properties dialog box and validate.

163 Page Create the geometrical bundles: Select the power cable and click the Geometrical Bundle icon. You can change the instance name to PowerCable. Select the extension cable and click the Geometrical Bundle icon again. You can change the instance name to ExtensionCable. The power cable is part of the hair dryer: that's why you create it in the hair dryer product (Hair-DryerProd). The extension cable is an independent assembly: that's why you create it under the root product assembly. 4. Double-click to activate the Geometrical Bundle2 (the extension cable) in the specification tree. 5. Switch to Electrical Library workbench. 6. Click the Place Physical Device icon to import the 3D connector for each battery. 7. Select the first connector in the PowerSupply system. The catalog pops up. An alternative to steps 6 and 7 is to use the contextual menu, by right-clicking the connector in the PowerSupply system and choose Place Physical Device. Select the connector in the catalog and click OK to validate. The connector is added to the specification tree and appears in the geometry at the origin (0, 0). You can change its location using the compass. Repeat these steps for the second connector.

164 Page 164 The physical connector pre-selection previously performed with Electrical System Functional Definition is used to automatically get the correct part reference. The 3D connector is automatically placed in the active product (Geometrical Bundle2) at the product origin. 8. Use the Electrical Assembly Design workbench to create the electrical connection with the batteries. Double-click to activate the ElectricalWorkbenchIntegration in the specification tree. Click the Connect Electrical Devices icon to connect the connector_m to the battery. Select successively in the geometry each connector_m connection point from the Geometrical Bundle2(ExtensionCable) then the corresponding connector_f connection point of the battery The connectors are linked and shifted to the batteries.

165 Page 165 This action creates the assembly constraints between connector and battery. 9. Double-click to activate the Geometrical Bundle2 (the extension cable) in the specification tree. 10. From the catalog, drag and drop the connector_f onto the Geometrical Bundle2 for the extension cable. If needed, position it between the hair dryer and the batteries using the compass (ExtensionCable must be active). This action places the connector from the catalog onto the extension cable. 11. From the catalog, drag and drop the Backshell_F directly onto the Connector_F in the Geometrical Bundle2.

166 Page 166 This action places the back shell from the catalog onto the extension cable connector. it places the connector in the assembly it creates the assembly constraints between connector and back shell it establishes the electrical link between connector and back shell. It is a second placement mode. When the back shell is selected, the electrical link is displayed in the Related Objects viewer. 12. Double-click to activate the Geometrical Bundle1 (PowerCable) in the specification tree.

167 13. From the catalog, drag and drop the Connector_M directly onto the Connector_F of the extension cable. Page 167 This action adds the power cable connector (connector_m) from the catalog to the extension cable connector. The assembly constraints as well as the electrical constraints have been created between the power cable and the extension cable connectors. When the female connector is selected, the electrical link is displayed in the Related Objects viewer. 14. From the catalog, drag and drop the Backshell_M directly onto the Connector_M of the power cable. This action places the back shell from the catalog onto the power cable connector. The assembly constraints as well as the electrical constraints have been created between the connector and the back shell. You can repeat this step to place back shells on the extension cable male connectors (at the other extremity). 15. Start the Electrical Harness Assembly workbench to create the bundle segments for the power and extension cables. To do so: Define a bundle segment in the Geometrical Bundle1(PowerCable): (Diameter = 10mm, Bend Radius = 15mm, Slack = 10%) Define a point in the Geometrical Bundle2(ExtensionCable): (Mode Between + Middle) Define a bundle segment in the Geometrical Bundle2(ExtensionCable): (Diameter = 10mm, Bend Radius = 15mm, Slack = 5%) Define their routes.

168 Page 168 This action creates the bundle segments that will be used to route the wires of the power and extension cables. Electrical wire routing 1. Start the Electrical Wire Routing workbench to create the wires. 2. Create two electrical bundles using the New Bundle icon. They will contain the wires for: the power cable (first electrical bundle) the extension cable (second electrical bundle). 3. Associate each of them to the respective geometrical bundle. The wires will be created in the correct bundle according to their route. 4. Select Signal_check. Boxes are displayed to help you recognize the extremities of the signal. 5. Click the Automatic Routing icon.

169 Page 169 The bundle segments diameter are updated according to the signal section. The specification tree is updated. 6. Multi-select Signal_plus and Signal_minus using the Signal icon. 7. Click the Automatic Routing icon. The specification tree is updated: the wires and wire connections are created. The length of the wire linked to a back shell is extended with an extra-length, defined as a back shell attribute. However, an alternative is to connect the bundle segment through the back shell: in this case, the wire length is equal to the total length of the bundle segments of the wire route. The bundle segments diameter is updated using the section defined on the signals (with EFD). When only one signal is selected, the wire connections are displayed (as shown below).

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171 Editing Electrical Properties Page 171 Here is an example of a document demonstrating how electrical properties on component are managed within CATIA Electrical products. And moreover, new properties have been added to a number of electrical components: functional equipments and connectors defined in EFD electrical bundle defined in EWR bundle segment defined in EHI A CATProduct document may contain references or instances of the components. Let's see the differences on the following documents: The Equipment.CATProduct contains an equipment. It is the reference of the component. The RootProduct.CATProduct contains an occurrence of the equipment (Insert -> Existing Component...). The Equipment(Equipment.1) is an instance of the component. Depending on the component you have activated (by double-clicking: blue object) and on the object you have selected, the properties you will edit may be the ones of the reference or of the instance.

172 Page In the Equipment.CATProduct, if you edit the properties of the Equipment, you will display the properties of the reference. Type and External Reference are attributes of the reference. If you modify them, all the occurrences will be modified. 2. In the RootProduct.CATProduct, if the RootProduct is active (in blue in the specification tree) and if you select the Equipment.1 to edit the properties, you will display the properties of the instance: The instance also has instance attributes: Reference Designator and SubType.

173 Page 173 If you modify the attributes of instance, only this instance will be modified. On the other hand, if you modify the attributes of reference, they will be modified in all the occurrences and in the reference document. 3. In the RootProduct.CATProduct, if the Equipment.1 is active (double-click Equipment.1) and you select the Equipment.1 to edit the properties, you will display the properties of the reference: If you modify the attributes, the reference will be modified: Equipment.CATProduct will be modified and all the occurrences of the component.

174 Page 174 Notes: This behavior is specific to the electrical properties. When a product is activated (by double-clicking), editing the electrical properties operates in the same way as if the electrical properties were edited in the document in which the root product is the reference of the active product. (i.e. Equipment.1 in the RootProduct document against Equipment in the Equipment document.) This definition is recursive within all the levels of instance. Functional equipments and connectors properties When you edit the properties of a functional equipment or connector, the Preselected Physical Device frame indicates if a physical component corresponding to the functional one has been chosen to be placed in the geometry. Two fields give this information: Catalog Path indicates the location of the catalog containing the physical component Part Number indicates the part number of the physical component.

175 Page 175 Electrical bundle properties When you edit the properties of an electrical bundle, the Associated Geometrical Bundle frame indicates in a list the name of the geometrical bundles being part of the electrical bundle.

176 Page 176 Bundle segment properties When you edit the properties of a group of bundle segments, the Length in out field indicates the total length of the bundle segments selected.

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178 Viewing Related Objects Page 178 This task shows how to use the Related Objects viewer to navigate through the objects connected to the selected object. You can focus on an object and see how it was constructed via its related objects. The related objects command identifies the parent, any children or connected objects and the relationship between objects. It is available when none of the icons of the workbench are activated that is to say when you are in Select command. Accessing related objects can be done in two ways: by clicking the Related Objects icon in the toolbar from the contextual menu, by selecting Related Objects.

179 Page 179 The different options available are: Reframe on selection: reframes the main 3D window on the Related objects selection. Reframe on selection: the main window selection corresponds to the Related objects selection. The main window display is not reframed. Freeze: freezes the contents of the Related objects window. You can still navigate in the main window: the Related objects view will not be updated. Freeze: the Related objects selection corresponds to the main window selection. View related objects: displays the parent, any children or connected objects. View related objects: only displays the selected objects. Functional: displays the functional system. If the bundle segment contains wires, the corresponding signals are displayed in the bundle segment. N.B.: the signal name is displayed followed by the separation code, if any: Functional: hides the functional children elements. Wire: displays the wires contained in the bundle segment. Wire: hides the wires contained in the bundle segment, shows the bundle segments and signals. Harness: displays the relationship to the harness: connectors, equipments, shells, etc.

180 Page 180 Harness: hides the children bundle segments, only shows the signals and wires. Sub objects: displays the electrical contents. Sub objects: hides the electrical contents. On a complex electrical system, the 3D view allows you to limit display to a specific area thus enlightening the information regarding this area. Open the RelatedObjectsSession.CATProduct document.

181 Page Select an object: Geometrical Bundle1.1 for example. 2. Click the Related Objects icon. The Related Objects dialog box appears. The geometry area and the specification tree are reframed on the object selected. 3. Select the Bundle Segment4.1 in this window. The dialog box focuses on the object selected: Bundle Segment4.1 (center of the window) and shows the parent and the connected objects: on the left is the parent object (Assembly meaning). It represents the container object. on the right are the children objects (Assembly meaning), connected to the Bundle Segment4.1. They represent the contents.

182 Page 182 This window shows the following: the bundle segments assembly within the geometrical bundle the Bundle Segment4.1 is connected to three bundle segments the Bundle Segment4.1 contains two wires and their associated signal. 4. Select the Sig2. The geometry area is reframed on the signal and it shows: the signal extremities with the functional connectors the wire that realizes the signal the harness objects: the physical connectors that correspond to the signal extremities as well as the bundle segments, and the wire they contain. 5. Click the 3D tab to display the geometry.

183 Page Close the dialog box to exit the Related Objects viewer.

184 Electrical and Knowledge Page 184 This section exposes the functions and objects available in the Knowledge Products. Electrical User Functions Electrical Package in Knowledge Expert

185 Electrical User Functions in Knowledge Products Page 185 DistanceWireProduct is a new function. About the Electrical User Functions... ElecDistanceCommon DistanceWireProduct To be able to use these functions, you need to activate the Electrical Measure package. To do so: 1. Select Tools -> Options... -> General -> Parameters and Measures and go to the Language tab. 2. Choose Electrical Measure and click the right arrow: 3. Click OK to validate. ElecDistanceCommon Syntax ElecDistanceCommon(Wire1: Wire, Wire2: Wire):Length Returns the common length of the two wires given as input arguments. The type of Wire1 and Wire2 is ElecWire. Example 1 The ElecDistanceCommon user function can be used in Knowledge Expert to find all the couples of wires in the session that have a common length greater than a given value.

186 Page 186 Example 2 In Knowledge Advisor, it can be used to define a rule giving the common length of two specific wires sharing properties. Applying the rule displays the following message if the condition is met:

187 Example 3 Page 187 Still in Knowledge Advisor, to verify that two wires selected in the specification tree have a common length, the following action can be defined: then ran: select two wires in the specification tree and click OK to validate. The following message displays: DistanceWireProduct

188 Syntax Page 188 DistanceWireProduct(Wire1: Wire, Object: Product):Length Returns the minimum length between a wire and a product in session. The product must contain at least one part. Example 1 The DistanceWireProduct user function can be used with the f(x) command to display the distance between a wire and a component in the session. This formula returns the following value: Example 2

189 Page 189 The DistanceWireProduct user function can be used in Knowledge Expert to find all the wires in the session that have a minimum distance to defined components smaller than a critical value chosen by the user. The components can be defined as heat-resistant. Properties have been added to the product: and to the wires: A check is defined as follows:

190 Page 190 Updating the session displays green/red light on the check: A report is generated showing the check result: some wires verify the condition, other not. Example 3 The DistanceWireProduct user function can be used in Knowledge Advisor to define a rule that displays a warning message if a minimum distance between a wire and an object is smaller than a critical value chosen by the user.

191 Page 191 Running this rule displays the following message: Example 4 Still in Knowledge Advisor, an action can be defined using the DistanceWireProduct user function, to know the distance between a wire and an object selected in the specification tree: Run the action using the Action.1 contextual menu: select a wire and a product in the specification tree then validate.

192 Page 192 This message displays:

193 Electrical Package in Knowledge Expert Page 193 An Electrical package is supported by Knowledge Expert. This package can be accessed via the object browser and objects, attributes and methods in the package can be used in expert relations. You can, for example, write a rule to report in a file all the bundle segments with a diameter greater than a specified value. The package contains the following objects: The attribute IsSingleInBundleSegment has been added to the Wire object. BackShell FillerPlug SignalRoute BundlePositionPoint FunctionalConnector Stud Bundle FunctionalEquipment System BundleSegment GroundSignal Tape Cavity GroupSignal TerminalBlock CommandSignal InternalSplice TerminalStrip ConnectorShell OffSheet Termination Contact PowerSignal Termination_GeoConstraint ContactPoint Protection VideoSignal CorrugatedTube ShieldingSignal Wire Equipment SingleConnector ExternalSplice Signal BackShell Description Describes the electrical feature of Back Shell type that you create when you select the Electrical Library workbench. For more information, refer to the Electrical Library User's Guide. icon in the The back shell is a physical component used to guide the bundle segment extremity to the single insert connector, and to protect the crimping area. Inheritance path: Standard - Feature -> ProductPackage - Product Attributes Elec_Extra_Length Type: Double

194 Page 194 Defines the cable extra-length to be added to take into account the wire length inside the back shell. Elec_Ref_Des Type: String Defines the back shell reference designator attribute, which is the unique identifier for the back shell in the project. Elec_Sub_Type Type: String Defines the back shell subtype (User defined subtype). Elec_Fmbd_Modify Type: Boolean Defines the back shell attribute, which makes it possible to know if the component has been modified during the Electrical Harness Flattening Synchronization command. Is True if modified. Elec_External_Reference Type: String Defines the back shell external reference attribute. It is used in Electrical Harness Flattening for 2D detail graphic replacement in a drawing. Elec_FullConnected Type: Boolean Is True if the back shell is connected to a single insert connector and a bundle segment. BundlePositionPoint Description Describes the electrical feature of Bundle Segment Position Point type. For more information, refer to the Electrical Harness Installation User's Guide. The Bundle Segment Position Point type defines the point along a bundle segment at which the local slack is applied. Inheritance path: Standard - Feature Attributes Elec_Slack Type: Double Defines the slack length at the bundle segment position point. Bundle Description

195 Page 195 Describes the electrical feature of Bundle type that you create when you click the Wire Routing workbench. For more information, refer to the Electrical Wire Routing User's Guide. icon in the Electrical The ElecBundle type is an object that contains wires. Inheritance path: Standard - Feature -> ProductPackage - Product Attributes Elec_Ref_Des Type: String Defines the bundle reference designator attribute, which is the unique identifier for the bundle in the project. Elec_Sub_Type Type: String Defines the bundle subtype (User defined subtype). BundleSegment Description Describes the electrical feature of Bundle Segment type that you create when you select the Electrical Harness Installation workbench. For more information, refer to the Electrical Harness Installation User's Guide. icon in the The BundleSegment type is a segment of a geometrical bundle. Inheritance path: Standard - Feature -> ProductPackage - Product Attributes Elec_Bend_Radius Type: Double Input data defining the bend radius value that corresponds to the minimum bend radius of the bundle segment curve. Elec_Bend_Radius_OK Type: Boolean Is True if the bundle segment real bend radius is greater than the Elec_Bend_Radius attribute. Elec_Creation_Mode Type: String

196 Page 196 Defines the electrical bundle segment creation mode. Three modes exist: Slack: Elec_Length is not valuated. Bend: Elec_Slack and Elec_Length are not valuated. Length: Elec_Slack is not valuated. Elec_Di_Slack Type: Double Input data defining the percentage of distributed slack along the bundle segment. This attribute induces the value of the Elec_Length attribute. Elec_Diameter Type: Double Defines the bundle segment diameter. Elec_Fmbd_Modify Type: Boolean Defines the bundle segment attribute, which makes it possible to know if the component has been modified during the Electrical Harness Flattening Synchronization command. Is True if modified. Elec_FullConnected Type: Boolean Is True if both bundle segment extremities are connected. Elec_Length Type: Double Defines the bundle segment length. Elec_Ref_Des Type: String Defines the bundle reference designator attribute, which is the unique identifier for the bundle in the project. Elec_Segreg Type: String Defines the bundle segment separation code used by the routing algorithm. Elec_Sub_Type Type: String Defines the bundle segment subtype. Elec_True_Length Type: Double Output data valuated by the routing algorithm at the creation of the bundle segment in Slack or Bend mode. It defines the bundle segment length. Cavity Description

197 Page 197 Describes the electrical feature of Cavity type that you create when you click this icon Library workbench. For more information, refer to the Electrical Library User's Guide. in the Electrical The cavity defines a reservation for a connector. Inheritance path: Standard - Feature -> ProductPackage - Product Attributes Elec_Extra_Length Type: Double Defines the wire length to be added to the wire routing length. Elec_Id_Number Type: String Defines a unique identifier for the cavity used to map a functional component and the corresponding physical part. Elec_Ref_Des Type: String Defines the cavity reference designator attribute, which is the unique identifier for the cavity in the project. Elec_Sub_Type Defines the cavity subtype. Type: String CommandSignal Description Describes the electrical feature of Command Signal type that you create when you click this icon Electrical System Functional Definition workbench. For more information, refer to the Electrical System Functional Definition User's Guide. in the The command signal is a logical connection between two or more components. It will be realized by a wire in physical world. Inheritance path: Standard - Feature -> ProductPackage - Product -> Electrical - ElecSignal Attributes Elec_Nominal_Part_Num Type: String Defines the nominal part number of the wire that realizes the command signal. Elec_Recom_Wire_Type Type: String

198 Page 198 Defines the attribute of the wire recommended to realize the signal. Elec_Routing_Priority Type: Double Defines the priority for the signal routing. Elec_Sep_Code Type: String Defines the separation code of the command signal used by the algorithm to find out the wire route. Elec_Signal_Section Defines the command signal section. Type: Double Elec_Sub_Type Defines the command signal subtype. Type: String ConnectorShell Description Describes the electrical feature of Connector-Shell type that you create when you click the Electrical Library workbench. For more information, refer to the Electrical Library User's Guide. icon in the A connector shell or shell is a non-electrical part which groups one or more electrical connector parts. It may be part of an equipment. Inheritance path: Standard - Feature -> ProductPackage - Product Attributes Elec_Ref_Des Type: String Defines the connector shell reference designator attribute, which is the unique identifier for the connector shell in the project. Elec_Sub_Type Type: String Defines the connector shell subtype. Elec_Fmbd_Modify Type: Boolean Defines the connector shell attribute, which makes it possible to know if the component has been modified during the Electrical Harness Flattening Synchronization command. Is True if modified. Elec_External_Reference Type: String

199 Page 199 Defines the connector shell external reference attribute. It is used in Electrical Harness Flattening for 2D detail graphic replacement in a drawing. Contact Description Describes the electrical feature of Contact type that you create when you click the Library workbench. For more information, refer to the Electrical Library User's Guide. icon in the Electrical A contact is an electrical component used within a termination and a cavity or between bundle segments. Inheritance path: Standard - Feature -> ProductPackage - Product Attributes Elec_Barrel_Diameter Type: Double Defines the hole diameter which lets the wire through. Elec_External_Reference Type: String Defines the contact reference from an external library. Elec_FullConnected Type: Boolean Is True if all the contacts are connected. Elec_Ref_Des Type: String Defines the contact reference designator attribute, which is the unique identifier for the contact in the project. Elec_Sub_Type Defines the contact subtype. Type: String CorrugatedTube Description

200 Page 200 Describes the electrical feature of Corrugated Tube type that you create when you click the icon in the Electrical Library workbench. The corrugated tube is then instantiated using the Electrical Harness Installation workbench. For more information, refer to the Electrical Library and Electrical Harness Installation User's Guides. A corrugated tube is an electrical component applied onto bundle segments as a protection. Inheritance path: Standard - Feature -> ProductPackage - Product Attributes Elec_Bend_Radius Type: Double Defines the bend radius value, which corresponds to the minimum bend radius of the corrugated tube curve. Elec_Bend_Radius_Protection_OK Type: Boolean Is True if the Elec_Bend_Radius attribute is smaller than the real value of bend radius of the largest bundle segment linked to the corrugated tube. Elec_Fmbd_Modify Type: Boolean Defines the single connector attribute, which makes it possible to know if the component has been modified during the Electrical Harness Flattening Synchronization command. Is True if modified. Elec_Inner_Diameter Defines the corrugated tube inner diameter. Type: Double Elec_Length Defines the corrugated tube length. Type: Double Elec_Line_Type Defines the corrugated tube line type. Type: Double Elec_Line_Weight Type: Double Defines the corrugated tube linear mass, used for the flattened representation. Elec_Ref_Des Type: String Defines the corrugated tube reference designator attribute, which is the unique identifier for the corrugated tube in the project. Elec_Ref_PartNumber Type: String Defines the corrugated tube reference part number. Elec_Sub_Type Type: String

201 Page 201 Defines the protection subtype. Elec_Thickness Defines the corrugated tube thickness. Type: Double Equipment Description Describes the electrical feature of Equipment type that you create when you click the Library workbench. For more information, refer to the Electrical Library User's Guide. icon in the Electrical An equipment is an electrical device with one or more associated components: connectors, shells, contacts, filler plugs, placed in cavities. An equipment can also comprise terminations and bundle connection points. Inheritance path: Standard - Feature -> ProductPackage - Product Attributes Elec_External_Reference Type: String Defines the equipment reference from an external library. It is used in Electrical Harness Flattening for 2D detail graphic replacement in a drawing. Elec_Fmbd_Modify Type: Boolean Defines the equipment attribute, which makes it possible to know if the component has been modified during the Electrical Harness Flattening Synchronization command. Is True if modified. Elec_Ref_Des Type: String Defines the equipment reference designator attribute, which is the unique identifier for the equipment in the project. Elec_Sub_Type Defines the equipment subtype. Type: String ExternalSplice Description

202 Page 202 Describes the electrical feature of External Splice type that you create when you click the Electrical Library workbench. For more information, refer to the Electrical Library User's Guide. icon in the An external splice is an electrical connector receiving bundle segments from different geometrical bundles. Inheritance path: Standard - Feature -> ProductPackage - Product Attributes Elec_External_Reference Type: String Defines the external splice reference from an external library. It is used in Electrical Harness Flattening for 2D detail graphic replacement in a drawing. Elec_Fmbd_Modify Type: Boolean Defines the external splice attribute, which makes it possible to know if the component has been modified during the Electrical Harness Flattening Synchronization command. Is True if modified. Elec_Ref_Des Type: String Defines the external splice reference designator attribute, which is the unique identifier for the external splice in the project. Elec_Sub_Type Type: String Defines the external splice subtype. Elec_FullConnected Type: Boolean Is True if all the bundle connection points and terminations of the external splice are connected. FillerPlug Description Describes the electrical feature of Filler Plug type that you create when you click the Library workbench. For more information, refer to the Electrical Library User's Guide. icon in the Electrical A filler plug is an electrical component used to block up an unused cavity. Inheritance path: Standard - Feature -> ProductPackage - Product Attributes Elec_Ref_Des Type: String

203 Page 203 Defines the filler plug reference designator attribute, which is the unique identifier for the filler plug in the project. Elec_Sub_Type Type: String Defines the filler plug subtype. ContactPoint Description Describes the electrical feature of Contact Point type that you create when you select the Electrical System Functional Definition workbench. For more information, refer to the Electrical System Functional Definition User's Guide. icon in the This contact point is a functional electrical component that defines the point of contact or attachment for an electrical signal. Inheritance path: Standard - Feature -> ProductPackage - Product Attributes Elec_Id_Number Type: String Defines the contact point Id number. Elec_Number Type: Integer Defines a unique identifier for the contact point used to map a functional component and the corresponding physical part. Elec_Ref_Des Type: String Defines the contact point reference designator attribute, which is the unique identifier for the contact point in the project. Elec_Signal_IO Type: String Defines if the signal is input or output. Elec_Signal_Unicity Type: Boolean Defines the unicity of the signal: True if the signal is unique. Elec_Sub_Type Type: String Defines the contact point subtype.

204 Page 204 FunctionalConnector Description Describes the electrical feature of Functional Connector type that you create when you click the Electrical System Functional Definition workbench. For more information, refer to the Electrical System Functional Definition User's Guide. icon in the This connector is a functional electrical component with one or more associated contact points, for example, a power or signal transmission connector. Inheritance path: Standard - Feature -> ProductPackage - Product Attributes Elec_External_Reference Type: String Defines the functional connector reference to an external library. Elec_Id_Number Type: String Defines a unique identifier for the functional connector used to map a functional component and the corresponding physical part. Elec_Nominal_Part_Num Type: String Defines the nominal part number of the physical connector that realizes the functional connector. Elec_Ref_Des Type: String Defines the functional connector reference designator attribute, which is the unique identifier for the connector in the project. Elec_Sub_Type Type: String Defines the functional connector subtype. FunctionalEquipment Description

205 Describes the electrical feature of Functional Equipment type that you create when you click the Electrical System Functional Definition workbench. For more information, refer to the Electrical System Functional Definition User's Guide. Page 205 icon in the This equipment is a functional electrical component with one or more associated connectors, for example a lamp or a battery. Inheritance path: Standard - Feature -> ProductPackage - Product Attributes Elec_External_Reference Type: String Defines the functional equipment reference to an external library. Elec_Nominal_Part_Num Type: String Defines the nominal part number of the physical equipment that realizes the functional equipment. Elec_Ref_Des Type: String Defines the functional equipment reference designator attribute, which is the unique identifier for the equipment in the project. Elec_Sub_Type Type: String Defines the functional equipment subtype. GroundSignal Description Describes the electrical feature of Ground Signal type that you create when you click this icon Electrical System Functional Definition workbench. For more information, refer to the Electrical System Functional Definition User's Guide. in the The ground signal is a logical connection between two or more components. It will be realized by a wire in physical world. Inheritance path: Standard - Feature -> ProductPackage - Product -> Electrical - ElecSignal Attributes Elec_Ground_Unicity Type: Boolean Defines the unicity of the ground signal: True if the signal is unique. Elec_Nominal_Part_Num Type: String

206 Page 206 Defines the nominal part number of the wire that realizes the ground signal. Elec_Recom_Wire_Type Type: String Defines the attribute of the wire recommended to realize the signal. Elec_Routing_Priority Type: Double Defines the priority for the signal routing. Elec_Sep_Code Type: String Defines the separation code of the ground signal used by the algorithm to find out the wire route. Elec_Signal_Section Defines the ground signal section. Type: Double Elec_Sub_Type Defines the ground signal subtype. Type: String GroupSignal Description Describes the electrical feature of Group Signal type that you create when you click this icon Electrical System Functional Definition workbench. For more information, refer to the Electrical System Functional Definition User's Guide. in the Groups signals will be routed together, for example shielded or twisted signals. Inheritance path: Standard - Feature -> ProductPackage - Product -> Electrical - ElecSignal Attributes Elec_Nominal_Part_Num Type: String Defines the nominal part number of the wire that realizes the group signal. Elec_Recom_Wire_Type Type: String Defines the attribute of the wire recommended to realize the signal. Elec_Routing_Priority Type: Double Defines the priority for the signal routing. Elec_Sep_Code Type: String

207 Page 207 Defines the separation code of the group signal used by the algorithm to find out the wire route. Elec_Signal_Section Defines the group signal section. Type: Double Elec_Fmbd_Modify Type: Boolean Defines the internal splice attribute, which makes it possible to know if the component has been modified during the Electrical Harness Flattening Synchronization command. Is True if modified. Elec_Sub_Type Defines the group signal subtype. Type: String InternalSplice Description Describes the electrical feature of Internal Splice type that you create when you click the Electrical Library workbench. For more information, refer to the Electrical Library User's Guide. icon in the An internal splice is a type of connector used to connect two or more wires belonging to the same bundle. Inheritance path: Standard - Feature -> ProductPackage - Product Attributes Elec_External_Reference Type: String Defines the internal splice reference to an external library. It is used in Electrical Harness Flattening for 2D detail graphic replacement in a drawing. Elec_Mass Defines the internal splice mass. Type: Double Elec_Offset Type: Double Defines the distance to the bundle segment extremity selected to place the internal splice. Elec_Ref_Des Type: String Defines the internal splice reference designator attribute, which is the unique identifier for the internal splice in the project. Elec_Sub_Type Type: String

208 Page 208 Defines the internal splice subtype. OffSheet Description Describes the electrical feature of Off Sheet Connector type that you create when you click the Electrical System Functional Definition workbench. For more information, refer to the Electrical System Functional Definition User's Guide. icon in the An off sheet connector is a marker in the functional definition that is used to establish connections between different systems. Inheritance path: Standard - Feature -> ProductPackage - Product Attributes Elec_Name Defines the off sheet connector name. Type: String Elec_Number Defines the off sheet connector number. Type: Integer Elec_Signal_IO Defines if the signal is input or output. Type: String Elec_Sub_Type Defines the off sheet connector subtype. Type: String Stud Description Describes the electrical feature of Stud type that you create when you click this icon Library workbench. For more information, refer to the Electrical Library User's Guide. in the Electrical A stud is an electrical connector receiving bundle segments with one or more wires connected through a termination. It is used to ground bundle segments or pieces of equipment. Inheritance path: Standard - Feature -> ProductPackage - Product

209 Attributes Elec_External_Reference Type: String Defines the stud reference to an external library. It is used in Electrical Harness Flattening for 2D detail graphic replacement in a drawing. Page 209 Elec_Ref_Des Type: String Defines the stud reference designator attribute, which is the unique identifier for the stud in the project. Elec_Sub_Type Defines the stud subtype. Type: String Elec_FullConnected Type: Boolean Is True only if all the stud bundle connection points are connected. PowerSignal Description Describes the electrical feature of Power Signal type that you create when you click this icon Electrical System Functional Definition workbench. For more information, refer to the Electrical System Functional Definition User's Guide. in the The power signal is a logical connection between two or more components. It will be realized by a wire in physical world. Inheritance path: Standard - Feature -> ProductPackage - Product -> Electrical - ElecSignal Attributes Elec_Nominal_Part_Num Type: String Defines the nominal part number of the wire that realizes the power signal. Elec_Nominal_Voltage Type: Double Defines the power signal nominal voltage. Elec_Recom_Wire_Type Type: String Defines the attribute of the wire recommended to realize the signal. Elec_Routing_Priority Type: Double Defines the priority for the signal routing.

210 Page 210 Elec_Sep_Code Type: String Defines the separation code of the power signal used by the algorithm to find out the wire route. Elec_Sub_Type Defines the power signal subtype. Type: String Elec_Signal_Section Defines the power signal section. Type: Double Protection Description Describes the electrical feature of protection type from which both the corrugated tube and the tape derives. For more information, refer to the Electrical Library and Electrical Harness Installation User's Guides. Inheritance path: Standard - Feature -> ProductPackage - Product Attributes Elec_Length Defines the protection length. Type: Double Elec_Line_Type Defines the protection line type. Type: Double Elec_Line_Weight Type: Double Defines the protection linear mass, used for the flattened representation. Elec_Ref_Des Type: String Defines the protection reference designator attribute. Elec_Ref_PartNumber Type: String Defines the protection reference part number. Elec_Sub_Type Defines the protection subtype. Type: String ShieldingSignal

211 Page 211 Description Describes the electrical feature of Shielding Signal type that you create when you click this icon Electrical System Functional Definition workbench. For more information, refer to the Electrical System Functional Definition User's Guide. in the The shielding signal is a logical connection between two or more components. It will be realized by a wire in physical world. Inheritance path: Standard - Feature -> ProductPackage - Product -> Electrical - ElecSignal Attributes Elec_Nominal_Part_Num Type: String Defines the nominal part number of the wire that realizes the shielding signal. Elec_Recom_Wire_Type Type: String Defines the attribute of the wire recommended to realize the signal. Elec_Routing_Priority Type: Double Defines the priority for the signal routing. Elec_Sep_Code Type: String Defines the separation code of the shielding signal used by the algorithm to find out the wire route. Elec_Sub_Type Defines the shielding signal subtype. Type: String Elec_Signal_Section Defines the shielding signal section. Type: Double Elec_Nominal_Voltage Type: Double Defines the shielding signal nominal voltage. SingleConnector Description

212 Page 212 Describes the electrical feature of Single Insert Connector type that you create when you click this icon the Electrical Library workbench. For more information, refer to the Electrical Library User's Guide. in A single insert connector is an electrical connector male or female. It's the physical representation for both the plugs and the sockets. Inheritance path: Standard - Feature -> ProductPackage - Product Attributes Elec_External_Reference Type: String Defines the single insert connector reference to an external library. It is used in Electrical Harness Flattening for 2D detail graphic replacement in a drawing. Elec_Ref_Des Type: String Defines the single insert connector reference designator attribute, which is the unique identifier for the single insert connector in the project. Elec_Sub_Type Type: String Defines the single insert connector subtype. Elec_Fmdb_Modify Type: Boolean Defines the single connector attribute, which makes it possible to know if the component has been modified during the Electrical Harness Flattening Synchronization command. Is True if modified. Elec_FullConnected Is True in only two cases: Type: Boolean if the single insert connector is integrated into an equipment and connected to another single insert connector, if the single insert connector is connected to a bundle segment or a back shell and connected to another single insert connector. Signal Description

213 Page 213 Describes the electrical feature of Signal type that you create when you click the icon in the Electrical System Functional Definition workbench. For more information, refer to the Electrical System Functional Definition User's Guide. A signal is a logical connection between two or more components. May be of the following types: ground, shielding, video, power, command or grouped. Inheritance path: Standard - Feature -> ProductPackage - Product Attributes Elec_Nominal_Part_Num Type: String Defines the nominal part number of the physical wire that realizes the signal. Elec_Recom_Wire_Type Type: String Defines the attribute of the wire recommended to realize the signal. Elec_Routing_Priority Defines the priority for the signal routing. Type: Double Elec_Sep_Code Type: String Defines the separation code of the signal used by the algorithm to find out the wire route. Elec_Signal_Section Defines the signal section. Type: Double Elec_ListPhysical Type: CATIList Contains the list of ElecWire objects that realize the signal. SignalRoute Description Describes the electrical feature of Signal Route type that you create when you click this icon Electrical Wire Routing workbench. For more information, refer to the Electrical Wire Routing User's Guide. in the The signal route is computed to find out the optimized way between two or more extremities of a signal. Inheritance path: Standard - Feature Attributes

214 Page 214 Elec_Length Defines the signal route length. Type: Double Elec_Nominal_Part_Num Type: String Defines the nominal part number of the wire that realizes the signal. Elec_Section Defines the signal route section. Type: Double Elec_Sub_Type Defines the signal route subtype. Type: String System Description Describes the electrical feature of System type that you create when you click the icon in the Electrical System Functional Definition workbench. For more information, refer to the Electrical System Functional Definition User's Guide. A system consists of equipments, connectors and signals. It is an electrical unit, which accomplishes a specific function. Inheritance path: Standard - Feature -> ProductPackage - Product Attributes Elec_Ref_Des Type: String Defines the system reference designator attribute, which is the unique identifier for the system in the project. Elec_Sub_Type Type: String Defines the system subtype. Tape Description

215 Page 215 Describes the electrical feature of Tape type that you create when you click the icon in the Electrical Library workbench. The tape is then instantiated using the Electrical Harness Installation workbench. For more information, refer to the Electrical Library and Electrical Harness Installation User's Guides. A tape is an electrical component applied onto bundle segments as a protection. Inheritance path: Standard - Feature -> ProductPackage - Product Attributes Elec_Bend_Radius_Delta Type: Double Defines the bend radius value, which corresponds to the minimum bend radius of the tape curve. This value takes into account the bundle segment and tape bend radius rule and ends up to an increased rigidity due to the tape. Elec_Bend_Radius_Protection_OK Type: Boolean Is True if the Elec_Bend_Radius attribute is smaller than the real value of bend radius of the largest bundle segment linked to the tape protection. Elec_Covering_Length Type: Double Defines the tape overlapping used when instantiating the protection. Elec_Fmbd_Modify Type: Boolean Defines the bundle segment attribute, which makes it possible to know if the component has been modified during the Electrical Harness Flattening Synchronization command. Is True if modified. Elec_Length Defines the tape length. Type: Double Elec_Line_Type Type: Double Defines the tape line type, used for the flattened representation. Elec_Line_Weight Defines the tape linear mass. Type: Double Elec_Number_Layer Type: Double Defines the tape number of layers applied onto the bundle segment. Elec_Ref_Des Type: String Defines the tape reference designator attribute, which is the unique identifier for the tape in the project. Elec_Ref_PartNumber Type: String

216 Page 216 Defines the tape reference part number. Elec_Sub_Type Defines the protection subtype. Type: String Elec_Tape_Thickness Defines the tape thickness. Type: Double Elec_Tape_Width Defines the tape width. Type: Double Elec_Taping_Angle Defines the taping angle. Type: Double Elec_Total_Tape_Length Type: Double Defines the tape length considering the overlapping due to the taping angle, and also the number of layers. Elec_Total_Thickness Type: Double Defines the tape thickness considering the overlapping due to the taping angle, and also the number of layers. TerminalBlock Description Describes the electrical feature of Terminal Block type that you create when you select this icon Electrical Library workbench. For more information, refer to the Electrical Library User's Guide. in the A terminal block is an electrical connector receiving bundle segments, each bundle segment being connected to a termination. Inheritance path: Standard - Feature -> ProductPackage - Product Attributes Elec_External_Reference Type: String Defines the terminal block reference to an external library. It is used in Electrical Harness Flattening for 2D detail graphic replacement in a drawing. Elec_Fmbd_Modify Type: Boolean

217 Page 217 Defines the terminal block attribute, which makes it possible to know if the component has been modified during the Electrical Harness Flattening Synchronization command. Is True if modified. Elec_Ref_Des Type: String Defines the terminal block reference designator attribute, which is the unique identifier for the terminal block in the project. Elec_Sub_Type Type: String Defines the terminal block subtype. Elec_FullConnected Type: Boolean Is True if all the terminal block terminations are connected. Termination Description Describes the electrical feature of Termination type that you create when you click this icon Electrical Library workbench. For more information, refer to the Electrical Library User's Guide. in the A termination is a sub-element ensuring the electrical signal conduction between any type of electrical component except the filler plug. It is indissociable from the electrical component and corresponds to a contact crimped into a cavity. Inheritance path: Standard - Feature -> ProductPackage - Product Attributes Elec_Extra_Length Type: Double Defines the length to be added to the wire routing length. Elec_Id_Number Type: String Defines a unique identifier for the termination used to map a functional component to the corresponding physical part. Elec_Ref_Des Type: String Defines the termination reference designator attribute, which is the unique identifier for the termination in the project. Elec_Sub_Type Type: String

218 Page 218 Defines the termination subtype. Termination_GeoConstraint Description Describes the electrical feature of Termination type that you create when you click this icon Electrical Library workbench. For more information, refer to the Electrical Library User's Guide. in the This type of termination only exists for terminal strip and the stud connectors. It has an associated geometry (a line), which allows the connection to be constrained between the bundle segment and the connector. The bundle segment can only be connected via this associated geometry (the line). Inheritance path: Standard - Feature -> ProductPackage - Product Attributes Elec_Extra_Length Type: Double Defines the length to be added to the wire routing length. Elec_Id_Number Type: String Defines a unique identifier for the termination used to map a functional component and the corresponding physical part. Elec_Ref_Des Type: String Defines the termination reference designator attribute, which is the unique identifier for the termination in the project. Elec_Sub_Type Type: String Defines the termination subtype. TerminalStrip Description

219 Page 219 Describes the electrical feature of Terminal Strip type that you create when you click this icon Electrical Library workbench. For more information, refer to the Electrical Library User's Guide. in the A terminal strip is an electrical connector comprising a strip of terminations. Inheritance path: Standard - Feature Attributes Elec_External_Reference Type: String Defines the terminal strip reference to an external library. It is used in Electrical Harness Flattening for 2D detail graphic replacement in a drawing. Elec_Fmbd_Modify Type: Boolean Defines the terminal strip attribute, which makes it possible to know if the component has been modified during the Electrical Harness Flattening Synchronization command. Is True if modified. Elec_Ref_Des Type: String Defines the terminal strip reference designator attribute, which is the unique identifier for the terminal strip in the project. Elec_Sub_Type Defines the terminal strip subtype. Type: String Elec_FullConnected Type: Boolean Is True if all the terminal strip terminations are connected. VideoSignal Description Describes the electrical feature of Video Signal type that you create when you click this icon Electrical System Functional Definition workbench. For more information, refer to the Electrical System Functional Definition User's Guide. in the The video signal is a logical connection between two or more components. It will be realized by a wire in physical world. Inheritance path: Standard - Feature -> ProductPackage - Product -> Electrical - ElecSignal Attributes Elec_Nominal_Part_Num Type: String

220 Page 220 Defines the part number of the wire that realizes the video signal. Elec_Recom_Wire_Type Type: String Defines the attribute of the wire recommended to realize the signal. Elec_Routing_Priority Type: Double Defines the priority for the signal routing. Elec_Sep_Code Type: String Defines the separation code of the video signal used by the algorithm to find out the wire route. Elec_Signal_Section Defines the video signal section. Type: Double Elec_Sub_Type Defines the video signal subtype. Type: String Wire Description Describes the electrical feature of Wire type that you create when you click the Library workbench. For more information, refer to the Electrical Library User's Guide. icon in the Electrical Inheritance path: Standard - Feature -> ProductPackage - Product Attributes Elec_Bend_Radius Defines the bend radius. Type: Double Elec_Catalog Type: String Defines the catalog from which the wire is selected. Elec_Color Defines the color of the wire. Type: String Elec_Diameter Type: Double

221 Page 221 Defines the wire diameter. Elec_FromConnectionPoint Type: String Returns the reference designator value of the connection point to which the first extremity of the wire is connected. Elec_FromDevice Type: String Returns the reference designator value of the device to which the first extremity of the wire is connected. Elec_FullConnected Type: Boolean Is True if both wire extremities are connected. Elec_IsNetworkConnex Type: Boolean Is True if a route exists between whatever nodes only using the network connected branches. Elec_IsRouted Is True if the wire is routed. Type: Boolean Elec_Length Defines the wire length. Type: Double Elec_Line_Weight Defines the wire linear mass. Type: Double Elec_Ref_Des Type: String Defines the wire reference designator. Elec_Sep_Code Type: String Defines the separation code of the wire used by the algorithm to find out the wire route. Elec_Shielding_Signal Type: String Returns a product of type ElecSignal that realizes the wire. Elec_Signal Type: ElecSignal Returns a product of type ElecSignal that realizes the wire. Elec_Signal_Id Type: String Defines the identifier of the signal used during the wire routing.

222 Page 222 Elec_Sub_Type Defines the wire subtype. Type: String Elec_ToConnectionPoint Type: String Returns the reference designator value of the connection point to which the second extremity of the wire is connected. Elec_ToDevice Type: String Returns the reference designator value of the device to which the second extremity of the wire is connected. IsSingleInBundleSegment Type: Boolean Is True when the wire route follows at least one bundle segment containing only this wire.

223 Page 223 Electrical Application Interoperability In this section, you will find information about interoperability between CATIA Electrical Applications and other applications listed below: ENOVIA LCA Interoperability Using ENOVIA Catalog for Electrical Mapping Loading an ixf Document with VPM Navigator

224 ENOVIA LCA Interoperability using VPM Navigator Page 224 This task explains how to work with electrical data stored in ENOVIA, using VPM Navigator. We recommend that you read the VPM Navigator User's Guide to know more about this product. This documentation can be found on the ENOVIA LifeCycle Applications Documentation CDROM. 1. Log on to VPM Navigator. Once the connection has completed successfully, the icons in the ENOVIA toolbar are no longer grayed out. 2. Click the the Search ENOVIA data button in the ENOVIA toolbar. The Result window listing all the PRCs appears. A PRC (referred to in VPM Navigator as the Product Root Class or root) is the most basic entity in your Product Structure. 3. In this window, double-click the object you want to open. The VPM Navigator window displays, looking something like this: You are now ready to work with this ENOVIA data. 4. Click the Close button if you no longer need the Result window.

225 Page 225 Working with Electrical Data This task shows you how to open electrical objects for editing purposes. Electrical data can be saved in product document (in workpackage) or in component (in explode mode): Geometrical bundles can be saved with both these modes, when CATPart documents (bundle segments, devices, etc.) and electrical bundles can only be saved as workpackage. 1. In the Product tree, right-click the object you want to open and, in the contextual menu, select the Open... command. Note that the multi-selection is possible using the Ctrl-key. The following dialog box appears:

226 Page Click OK to open the documents in context. 3. Now switch to Electrical Library to connect the plug of the geometrical bundle to the female socket of the other. To do so:

227 Page 227 a. Click the Connect Electrical Devices button. b. Select the female socket. c. Select the plug. For more information about electrical device connections, refer to Electrical Library User's Guide - User Tasks - Connecting Electrical Devices. The bundle segment of the second geometrical bundle is updated. 4. Click Save in ENOVIA V5 to store your data in ENOVIA V5. Also refer to Working with ENOVIA LCA: Optimal CATIA PLM Usability.

228 Working with ENOVIA LCA: Optimal CATIA PLM Usability Page 228 This section explains in more details how electrical data designed in CATIA is stored in ENOVIA LCA, using VPM Navigator. And this being user-friendly. When working with ENOVIA LCA, a new mode ensures that you only create data in CATIA that can be correctly saved in ENOVIA LCA. ENOVIA LCA offers two different storage modes: Workpackage (Document kept - Publications Exposed) and Explode (Document not kept). Electrical products have been configured to work in the Workpackage mode and the Explode mode, according to the objects considered. We recommend that you read the VPM Navigator User's Guide to know more about this product. This documentation can be found on the ENOVIA LifeCycle Applications Documentation CDRom. Working with Geometrical Bundle as Workpackage A workpackage is a set of documents that are stored in ENOVIA LCA as a single entity. This means that a node in CATIA specification tree is chosen as an entity to be shown in ENOVIA LCA. The children are not visible as documents in ENOVIA LCA. The geometrical bundle is a candidate to be stored this way, as it represents a complete and coherent package for the electrical design. Within CATIA connected to ENOVIA LCA through VPM Navigator, if the user selects a new product as a geometrical bundle, the system automatically knows that this geometrical bundle has to be stored as a workpackage. Checks are performed when using the Electrical tools to ensure that all entities created or modified will be correctly stored, using the following rules:

229 Page 229 No links to geometry (that is to say external references) can be done from the part inside a workpackage to a part outside the workpackage. The context for the external links must be set to a product node inside the workpackage. Refer to Infrastructure User's Guide - Customizing Part Infrastructure. Mechanical constraints and electrical connections between parts inside the workpackage and outside the workpackage must rely on published objects. To make this possible, the following settings must be applied when working with CATIA connected to ENOVIA LCA, to store the geometrical bundles as workpackage in ENOVIA LCA: a. Select Tools -> Options -> Infrastructure -> Part Infrastructure -> General tab. In the External References frame, uncheck Use root context in assembly. b. Select Tools -> Options -> Equipment and Systems -> Electrical Harness Installation -> Harness Management tab. In the Contextual Links frame, for Keep link with selected object, choose In geometrical bundle in the list. Anyway, the system checks that the rules are not violated and if those options are not set properly, an error message is displayed:

230 Page 230 Moreover, during the electrical connection between devices and/or bundle segments that are not inside the same workpackage, publications are automatically created on the geometrical bundle stored as workpackage, to ensure that constraints and connections are correctly stored. Working with Geometrical Bundle in Explode Mode Using the Explode mode, all the nodes of the product structure are stored in ENOVIA LCA. This means that each component and its children are as many documents visible in ENOVIA LCA. Within CATIA connected to ENOVIA LCA through to VPM Navigator, if the user selects a new component as a geometrical bundle, the system automatically knows that this geometrical bundle has to be stored in explode mode. A single check is performed when using the Electrical tools to ensure that all the entities created or modified will be correctly stored: The context for the external links must be set to the root product node of the session. Refer to Infrastructure User's Guide - Customizing Part Infrastructure. To make this possible, the following settings must be applied when working with CATIA connected to ENOVIA LCA, to store the geometrical bundles in explode mode in ENOVIA LCA:

231 Page 231 a. Select Tools -> Options -> Infrastructure -> Part Infrastructure -> General tab. In the External References frame, check Use root context in assembly. Commands Not Supported in ENOVIA LCA For the time being, the following commands are not available if CATIA is connected to ENOVIA LCA Database: In Electrical Library - Electrical Assembly workbench Place Physical Device Add Link Remove Functional Link Define Mounting Equipment Define Equipment Define Shell Define Contact Define Filler Plug Define Back Shell Define Cavity Define Termination Define Connector Connection Point Define Bundle Connection Point Define Cavity Connection Point Define Back Shell Connection Point In Electrical Wire Routing

232 Page 232 New Wire Connection Move Connection Delete Connection Merge Connections Split Connection New Wire Select Signal

233 Using ENOVIA Catalog for Electrical Mapping Page 233 This methodology explains how to set up the Electrical Mapping option to use catalogs coming from ENOVIA. First of all, the document environment needs to be set up to allow the catalog stored in ENOVIA LCA to be browsed/accessed. Then the catalog of interest is selected in the Electrical Mapping tab. To do so: 1. Select the Tools -> Options command. The Options dialog box displays. 2. Choose the General category in the left-hand box and click the Document tab. This tab lets you define the document environment. 3. Select ENOVIA and click the Allowed button on the right. The Current button is activated. 4. Click the Current button if you want ENOVIA to be launched by default. The dialog box becomes: 5. Make sure you are connected to VPM Navigator. 6. Switch then to the Equipment & Systems category, to the Electrical Mapping tab:

234 Page 234 This tab lets you define the Catalog/Electrical objects mapping. 7. Click the Browse button. The Search ENOVIA data is displayed as follows: Together with:

235 Page Enter one or more criteria and validate. The Search Result window updates. 9. Select the desired catalog and click Open. The Electrical Mapping tab is updated.

236 Page Define the mapping as explained in the CATIA - Infrastructure User's Guide - Customizing - Customizing Settings - Equipment and Systems - Electrical Mapping. The catalogs stored in ENOVIA appears in the editor as ENOVIA5\Catalog name.catalog.

237 Page 237 Loading an ixf Document with VPM Navigator This methodology explains how to load ixf documents when using VPM Navigator. First of all, the document environment needs to be set up to allow the documents stored in ENOVIA LCA to be browsed/accessed. To do so: 1. Make sure you are connected to ENOVIA LCA through VPM Navigator. 2. Click the the Search ENOVIA data button in the ENOVIA toolbar. The Search ENOVIA data is displayed as follows: Together with:

238 Page Enter one or more criteria and validate. For example: documents with ixfelec file extension The Search Result window updates. 4. Select the desired document and open it, using the contextual menu (right-click -> Open item).

239 Page 239 The document is stored in the current session, and ready to use. 5. Switch to Electrical Assembly Design. 6. Click the Select External Systems button. The System Selection dialog box opens containing the previously selected ixf files: 7. Select the ixf file of interest and validate. The ixf document is loaded. For more information about external systems, refer to the CATIA - Electrical Library User's Guide - User Tasks - Electrical Integration Scenarios - Electrical Integration from External Data

240 Workbench Description Page 240 CATIA - Electrical Harness Assembly application window looks like this: Click the hotspots to display the related documentation. CATIA - Electrical Harness Installation application window looks like this:

241 Page 241 Menu Bar Toolbars Electrical Workbench Specification Tree

242 Menu Bar Page 242 The Menu Bar and the items available in Electrical Harness workbench are the standard ones. The different commands and tools are described in Infrastructure Version 5. For more information, refer to the standard Menu Bar section.

243 Electrical Harness Toolbars Page 243 This section describes the various icons available in the Electrical Harness workbenches. The toolbars are located on the right in the default set-up except for the Catalog Browser, the Measure and the Update icons which are located in the horizontal bottom toolbar. Electrical Harness Assembly Toolbar Electrical Harness Installation Toolbars See Creating a Geometrical Bundle See Creating a Bundle Segment, Defining the Bundle Segment Parameters See Creating a Multi-Branchable Bundle Segment See Managing Local Slack See Connecting Bundle Segment Extremity See Disconnecting Bundle Segment Extremity See Adding Support See Removing Support

244 Page 244 See Splitting a Bundle Segment See Adding Branch Points See Removing Branch Points See Related Objects See Exiting the Installation Workbench (Part workbench) See Creating Construction Constraints, Creating Points See Creating Lines See Creating Planes See Using the Catalog Browser

245 Electrical Product Specification Tree Page 245 In this document, you will find the different icons generated in the electrical workbenches.

246 Page 246 Mounting Equipment Equipment Shell Single Insert Connector, External Splice, Internal Splice, Stud, Terminal Strip, Terminal Block, Filler Plug Contact Back Shell Electrical container Cavity Termination Connector Connection Point Bundle Connection Point Cavity Connection Point Back Shell Connection Point Geometrical Bundle Multi-Branchable Bundle Segment Branchable Bundle Segment Bundle Segment Electrical Bundle Wire (not resolved) Resolved Wire Wire Connection Container Wire Connection Internal Splice Functional System Functional Equipment Not linked to physical Linked to physical Partially linked to physical Functional Connector Not linked to physical Linked to physical Partially linked to physical Functional Connection Point Not linked to physical Linked to physical Partially linked to physical Signal, Power Signal Not routed (Not yet implemented) Partially routed Shielding Signal

247 Page 247 Group Signal Ground Signal Video Signal Other Routed Signal in System Space Reservation (SSR)

248 Customizing Electrical Harness Installation Page 248 Before you start your first working session, you can customize the way you work to suit your habits. This type of customization is stored in permanent setting files: these settings will not be lost if you end your session. 1. Select the Tools -> Options command. The Options dialog box displays. 2. Choose the Equipment & Systems category in the left-hand box. 3. Click the Electrical Harness Installation workbench. The Harness Management tab displays. This tab lets you define: the bundle segment creation options the bundle segment naming rule the bundle segment connection options the bundle segment disconnection options the management of contextual links. 4. Two other tabs, located in the Infrastructure category, in the Part Infrastructure workbench, also interfere with Electrical Harness Installation: General Display 5. For migration purpose, you may need to customize the Electrical and Migration Batch tabs located in the General -> Compatibility category. Migration Batch Electrical

249 Page Change theses options according to your needs. 7. Click OK when done.

250 Electrical Harness Installation Page 250 This page deals with the options concerning: the bundle segment creation the bundle segment naming rule the bundle segment connection the bundle segment disconnection the management of contextual links. Click here to see the parent page. Bundle Segment Creation Geometrical bundle is mandatory If this option is checked, it means that you need to create a geometrical bundle prior to defining a bundle segment. By default, this option is checked. Work with one multi-branchable per geometrical bundle If this option is checked, only one multi-branchable bundle segment can be created within a geometrical bundle: a single part contains the full harness, reducing the size of the document, the number of contextual links and consequently the update time. However to take advantage of the ENOVIA configuration management, this option needs to be unchecked if you want to manage the effectivity at a more detailed granularity level: the branchable bundle segment. Check this option if the configuration management does not need to be done at the level of each branchable bundle segment, but at the level of a set of branchable bundle segments created in a single document. By default, this option is unchecked.

251 Page 251 Bundle segment color Use the color chooser to define the bundle segment color at creation. Bundle Segment Naming Rule Bundle segment (#PN#) If this option is selected, the bundle segment name shows like this in the specification tree: It is the default value. Parent-bundle segment (#PN#) If this option is selected, the bundle segment name shows like this in the specification tree: Bundle Segment Connection Geometrical link If this option is checked, when the selection is completed, the bundle segment is extended to the second point selected (which is either a bundle segment extremity or a bundle connection point). By default, this option is checked.

252 Page 252 Automatic link to new bundle segment If this option is checked, the electrical connection is created at the same time as the bundle segment. By default, this option is checked. Bundle Segment Disconnection Remove geometrical link at unlink If this option is checked, when a bundle segment is disconnected from a connector, the geometrical link is also removed and the bundle segment geometry is modified to its last but one definition point. By default, this option is checked. Contextual Links For this option to be taken into account, you must first uncheck the Use root context in assembly option, which is located in the Part Infrastructure -> General -> External References frame. If not, the links will be created to the root of the assembly. By default, this option is checked. Keep link with selected object

253 Page 253 The object created from the selection will or not keep the link according to this option. This option can take three values: Always: always creates the external reference links. It is the default value. In geometrical bundle: creates external reference links only if the selected object is part of the geometrical bundle of the bundle segment. Never: always creates a local copy of the selected object with no associativity. Forbid selection outside current geometrical bundle If this option checked, the selection of points, supports or devices which do not belong to the current geometrical bundle for bundle segment routing is forbidden. By default, this option is unchecked.

254 Part Infrastructure for Electrical Harness Installation Page 254 This page deals with the options concerning: the external references: keep link with selected object the specification tree display. Click here to display the parent page. Part Infrastructure General option Click here to know more about the Part Infrastructure General options. Keep link with selected object You need to check this option to take advantage of the associativity between the construction points or part body and the bundle segment. By default, this option is unchecked. Part Infrastructure Display option

255 Page 255 Click here to know more about the Part Infrastructure Display options. External References If this option is checked, the External References will display in the specification tree. By default, this option is checked.

256 Compatibility for Electrical Harness Installation Page 256 This page deals with the options concerning: the migration batch the migration options. Click here to display the parent page. Migration Batch Click here to know more about the Compatibility -> Migration Batch options. Interface Name You need to enter CATIE3DMigration in this field if you want to migrate V4 electrical data to V5. By default, this option is empty. Electrical Click here to know all the details about the Compatibility -> Electrical options.

257 Page 257 Bundle segments If this option is checked, each V4 BNS is migrated to a V5 bundle segment (CATPart document). By default, this option is checked. Multi-branchable bundle segments If this option is checked, all the BNSs of a V4 GBN are migrated to one multi-branchable bundle segment in a V5 geometrical bundle. All the V5 bundle segments are stored in a single CATPart document, the multibranchable bundle segment CATPart.

258 Methodology Page 258 This section explains how to create other kinds of features. The table below lists the information you will find: Protection of Given Length Methodology Flat Cable Methodology

259 Protection of Given Length Methodology Page 259 This section explains how to create protections of given length as it is widely used in the industry. Creating a Protection of Given Length Instantiating a Protection of Given Length

260 Creating a Protection of Given Length Page 260 As the protection reference can be customized, it is quite easy to define its own bundle protection kind with a minimum effort. This scenario explains, as an example of the protection object flexibility, how to create a protection with a given fixed length. This methodology is widely used in the industry. 1. Start the Electrical Part Design workbench. 2. Click the Define Protection button. You are prompted to select a part. 3. Click the Part1 in the specification tree. The Protection Definition dialog box opens. Enter the following values for example, then validate: Width: 16mm Thickness: 2mm Bend radius: 7mm

261 Page 261 The geometry is created. 4. Switch to Wireframe and Surface Design workbench. 5. Create a point on the joint which will be used for the instantiation:

262 Page 262 To do so: a. Click the Point button. The dialog box opens to create Point.6. b. Enter the following values: Point type: On curve Distance on curve Length: 250mm Reference point: Point.3 The offset from Point.3 entered in the Length value (250mm) is the parameter which will drive the protection length. c. Click OK to validate. Point.6 is added to the geometry.

263 Page Create a new split on the joint between Point.3 and the newly created Point.6 to define a new centerline between Point.3 and Point.6. To do so: a. Click the Split button. The dialog box opens to create Split.2. b. Enter the following values: Element to cut: Join.1 Cutting elements: Point.3 and Point.6

264 Page 264 c. Click OK to validate. The geometry is updated.

265 Page Now replace Split.1 in the PartBody with Split.2, using the contextual menu, to define the rib between Point.3 and Point.6.

266 Page 266 The Replace dialog box opens. a. Select Split.2 (in with field). b. Click OK to validate. 8. Save your protection for a further instantiation.

267 Page 267 With such a methodology you can also create grommets, green lines or boots. Green line Grommet Boot

268 Instantiating a Protection of Given Length Page 268 This scenario explains how to instantiate a protection of given length (250mm here) as it is widely used in the industry. 1. Start the Electrical Harness Assembly workbench. 2. Click the Protection button. The Instantiate Protection dialog box opens: 3. Select the catalog then the protection you want to instantiate. To do so:

269 Page 269 Click this button and navigate to the catalog, for example:.../online/cfysa_c2/samples/electricalsession/catalog/catalog1.catalog. Double-click the protection: Part2 The catalog browser closes and the selected protection displays in the upper right corner of the primary window. 4. Select one or more bundle segments to be covered with the protection: The dialog box updates and the protection start and end points display in the geometry.

270 Page Click OK to validate. Note that using this methodology, the covered length indicated in the Protection Information is not correct: it indicates the distance between the Start extremity and the End extremity of the selected bundle segment when the protection is applied between the Start extremity and for a length of 250mm (Point.4).

271 Flat Cable Methodology Page 271 This task makes use of the Electrical Harness workbench integration together with the mechanical modeler. It demonstrates how to change a bundle segment circular section to a rectangular section using the mechanical environment. Defining a Specific Support for Flat Cable Creating the Line and Placing the Supports Creating the Flat Cable Extracting and Flattening the Cable

272 Defining a Specific Support for Flat Cable Page 272 To perform this scenario, you will use the Part Design workbench. This task explains how to create a specific support for flat cable. This support will be stored into a catalog. A design section is created onto the support to represent the cable section. Open the section_support_start.catpart document and select Part Design. 1. Right-click the Open_body.1 in the specification tree to display the contextual menu. Select Define in Work Object. The sketch will be created under the Open_body Click the Sketcher button. Then choose Plane.1 in the Open_body.1.

273 Page 273 You must respect this axis in order to have proper orientation after flattening. 3. Once in the Sketcher workbench, deactivate the Snap to Point button before drawing. Select the Rectangle button and draw the profile corresponding to the entry plan. Then you can set the constraints. 4. Select the Exit Workbench button to switch back to the Part Design workbench. No part must be activated. 5. Select the Sketcher button, then select the Plane Use the Rectangle button to draw the profile corresponding to the exit plan. Set the constraints. The result looks like this:

274 Page Save the document with an other name into a catalog (for example support-section.catpart). For more information about Catalogs, see: Electrical Library User's Guide - User Tasks - Working with Wires - Creating a Catalog Electrical Library User's Guide - User Tasks - Using Catalogs - Storing a Device Up Next

275 Creating the Line and Placing the Supports Page 275 You can perform this scenario with Electrical Harness Installation for the line creation and Electrical Library for the supports positioning. Creating the line for positioning the supports. This task explains how to create the line which will define the flat cable direction. Open the base.catpart document and select Electrical Harness Installation. 1. Click the Point button. The Point Definition dialog box opens: 2. Create a point on surface. Then click OK to validate. 3. Create a second point. You have this result: 4. Right-click the Extract.1 in the specification tree to display the contextual menu.

276 Select Hide-Show to show. The support will appear like this: Page Click the Line button. The Line Definition dialog box opens: a. Select the Point-Point Line Type. b. Select your first point as Point 1 and your second point as Point 2. Select Extract.1 as Support. c. Enter a value for the End. For example 380mm, the line must be long enough to run along the surface. The result looks like this:

277 Page 277 d. Click OK to validate. 6. Right-click the Extract.1 in the specification tree to display the contextual menu. Select Hide-Show to hide. 7. The final result looks like this: Placing the supports. This step explains how to place the supports onto the line using the smart placement. Switch to Electrical Part Assembly. Make sure you have set up the automatic compass option. Insert the base.catpart into a CATProduct.

278 Page Click the Smart Place button. The Catalog Browser displays. If necessary navigate to display the catalog containing the support. 2. To place the support: A compass allows you to choose precisely the place of your first support. a. Point to the chosen position and click to place the first support. b. Move the compass by choosing an axis in order to place the support in a position close to this one: c. The first support must be placed at the first point of the line, the fifth must be placed at the last point of the line. d. The three other supports must be placed along the line. e. Click Close to shut down the Catalog. 3. If you want to modify your support placements after this, you can use the Smart Move button. The final result looks like this:

279 Page 279 For more information about the smart placement, see: Electrical Library User's Guide - User Tasks - Using Catalogs - Using Smart Placement from Catalog For more information about the smart move, see: Electrical Library User's Guide - User Tasks - Using Catalogs - Using Smart Move Back Up Next

280 Creating the Flat Cable Page 280 The aim of the two following tasks is to create a flat cable using the supports placed along the line. Creating the Bundle Segments Creating the Square Shape Back Up Next

281 Creating the Bundle Segments Page 281 You can perform this scenario with Electrical Harness Installation. The aim of this task is to create a bundle segment network with one different bundle segment between every support. Open the document you have created in the previous task. 1. Double-click to activate the product. 2. Click the Multi-Branchable Bundle Segment button. The Electrical Harness Assembly workbench switches to the Electrical Harness Installation workbench. The Bundle Segment Definition dialog box opens:

282 Page 282 a. Enter a value in the Diameter field. For example 10mm. b. Enter a value for the Bend Radius field. For example 10mm. c. Choose the Build Mode according to the geometry. 3. Click the Route Definition button. The Bundle Segment Route Definition dialog box opens: Select the Routed Objects for the bundle segment which will be created between the first two supports. Click OK to validate. 4. The result looks like this:

283 Page 283 Click OK to close the Bundle Segment Definition dialog box. 5. Repeat the previous steps for the three other segments. The final result looks like this: For more information about creating branchable bundle segments, see: Electrical Harness Installation User's Guide - User Tasks - Creating a Multi-Branchable Bundle Segment

284 Creating the Square Shape Page 284 You can perform this scenario using Part Design workbench. The aim of this task is to create the loft which will represent the square shape. Open the document created in the previous task and select Part Design. 1. Select the Insert -> Body menu. Each loft must be created in a Body under its multi-branchable segment. 2. Click the Loft button. The Multi-section Solid Definition dialog box opens: 3. Select the Spine tab and select the curve of the bundle as a spline:

285 Page Select the sections created in the supports. For example, for the creation of the first square shape, you must select this: 5. Click OK to validate. The result for the first loft looks like this:

286 Page Repeat the previous steps for the other square shapes. The final result looks like this: For more information about creating or removing a loft, see: Part Design User's Guide - User Tasks - Basic Tasks - Sketch-Based Features - Loft Part Design User's Guide - User Tasks - Basic Tasks - Sketch-Based Features - Remove Loft

287 Extracting and Flattening the Cable Page 287 You can perform this scenario using Electrical Harness Flattening. The aim of this task is to extract and flatten the flat cable. Open the flat cable document. 1. Open EHF and create a New Product. 2. Click the Harness Flattening Parameters button. The Harness Flattening Parameters dialog box opens: Select the Flattening Orientation tab, then select Support placed in the active plane. 3. Click OK to validate. 4. Click the Extract button. 5. Select the geometrical bundle from the source document (the flat cable document). When the extraction is performed the source document automatically close. 6. Save your data.

288 Page 288 The extraction looks like this: 7. Click the Flatten button. The Flattening Parameters dialog box opens: Keep these values. 8. Select the all geometrical bundle in the specification tree or in the geometry. 9. Click OK to validate. The final result looks like this:

289 Page 289 Note: This square section is not supported by the EHF synchronization mechanism. For more information about extracting data and harness flattening, see: Electrical Harness Flattening User's Guide - User Tasks - Extracting 3D Data Electrical Harness Flattening User's Guide - User Tasks - Flattening the Harness Electrical Harness Flattening User's Guide - User Tasks - Defining the Harness Flattening Parameters - Flattening Orientation